From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 72F691382C5 for ; Sat, 26 Dec 2020 06:29:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EA42AE0BA3; Sat, 26 Dec 2020 06:28:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pmta21.teksavvy.com (pmta21.teksavvy.com [76.10.157.36]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E9F60E0B61 for ; Sat, 26 Dec 2020 06:28:57 +0000 (UTC) IronPort-SDR: 50qVkyWfU9F+Wes9/ttxPeGpR+MG7dbyv9YrJH5iJ0TuJqSLRtYKA7l/jP0T4kXqecSoc6RMIg t5Z+eHJIlY1g== X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2FKCgDG1+Zf/yHkSC1igQkHhGlXYYh?= =?us-ascii?q?zhFCGEoUtmSILAQEBAQEBAQEBLgcBAgQBAQKEQgSBeCY4EwIDAQELAQEBBQE?= =?us-ascii?q?BAQEBBgQCAoZODINVgQcBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBFgINVGoEOxwoSiJ?= =?us-ascii?q?NE4MngmYgD686gTSFWIR4BoE4jWo/gQI/h0UEh1UEg08sgQVXJZATRopPgXS?= =?us-ascii?q?bUQqCdoEYBogMklCDKYorhTqPQp8bkVeGYoF7fQiDJBI+GQ1Xlk+FYiYwAjU?= =?us-ascii?q?CBgoBAQMJVwGMMwEB?= X-IPAS-Result: =?us-ascii?q?A2FKCgDG1+Zf/yHkSC1igQkHhGlXYYhzhFCGEoUtmSILA?= =?us-ascii?q?QEBAQEBAQEBLgcBAgQBAQKEQgSBeCY4EwIDAQELAQEBBQEBAQEBBgQCAoZOD?= =?us-ascii?q?INVgQcBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBAQEBFgINVGoEOxwoSiJNE4MngmYgD686g?= =?us-ascii?q?TSFWIR4BoE4jWo/gQI/h0UEh1UEg08sgQVXJZATRopPgXSbUQqCdoEYBogMk?= =?us-ascii?q?lCDKYorhTqPQp8bkVeGYoF7fQiDJBI+GQ1Xlk+FYiYwAjUCBgoBAQMJVwGMM?= =?us-ascii?q?wEB?= X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.78,450,1599537600"; d="scan'208";a="151048194" Received: from 45-72-228-33.cpe.teksavvy.com (HELO waltdnes.org) ([45.72.228.33]) by smtp12.teksavvy.com with SMTP; 26 Dec 2020 01:28:55 -0500 Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 26 Dec 2020 01:28:44 -0500 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2020 01:28:44 -0500 To: Gentoo Users List Subject: [gentoo-user] UEFI install noob questions Message-ID: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Archives-Salt: d29c639c-ac4b-4f9f-a10f-1b0d9f8b44f9 X-Archives-Hash: ddc507a46977db6af6df876512ffd237 This is my first UEFI install, so please pardon the questions. 1) Partitioning questions: The standard layout example in https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Full/Installation#What_is_the_BIOS_boot_partition.3F says... > The BIOS boot partition is needed when a GPT partition layout is used > with GRUB2 in BIOS/Legacy mode. It is not required when booting in > EFI/UEFI mode. The standard layout example is... Number Start End Size File system Name Flags 1 1.00MiB 3.00MiB 2.00MiB grub bios_grub 2 3.00MiB 131MiB 128MiB boot boot 3 131MiB 643MiB 512MiB swap 4 643MiB 20479MiB 19836MiB rootfs Given that my machine is incapable of booting in BIOS/Legacy mode, I assume that the 2-megabyte partition is unnecessary, grub or no grub. Also, given bloat over time, is 128 megabytes still sufficient for the boot partition today? I plan to keep 2 kernels around at all times, "Production" and "Experimental". -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications