On Mon, 6 Apr 2020 22:02:04 +0100, antlists wrote:

> > This isn't strictly true, the ESP must be vfat, but you can still
> > have an ext? /boot.  
> 
> This isn't true at all - you've got the cart before the horse. The 
> original (U)EFI spec comes from Sun, I believe, with no vfat in sight.
> 
> A standards-compliant factory-fresh Mac boots using UEFI with no vfat
> in sight.

That's true, but firmware on commodity PC motherboards can only be relied
upon to handle vfat. So while my use of "must" is a bit strong, it should
be vfat if you want to be sure it will boot on a PC.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

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