/boot/efi size, 260MiB minimum for FAT32 ESP) -- WAS: /boot size

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Ross Smith wrote:
> I don't think it will be an issue.  I've already been bitten by this with a
> ~1300 efi booted desktops and would welcome the updated
> configuration.

Speaking of which ...

Q:  Shouldn't we be using 260MiB FAT32 as a minimum EFI System
Partition (ESP) size going forward, especially as 4KiB logical blocks
become regular?


 o  Just some history (detail) ...

- For NT6.0 (Vista), Microsoft recommended (and its installers
created) a 200MiB FAT32 ESP
- This size has seemingly "stuck" with most distros, even though ...
- For NT6.1+ (7+/2008+), Microsoft recommended (and its installers
created) a 100MiB FAT32 ESP
However ...
- If the logical block size is 4KiB, the smallest FAT32 file system is 260MiB
Although ...
- The ESP can be FAT16 (just like good'ole ARC) instead of FAT32
- Every ESP I've used, including Windows 7 and 8 x64, seems to install
fine on a FAT32 ESP

Hence why I'm bringing it up.  Just curious if there has been much
discussion on this.  I did some google searches on the archives and
couldn't find anything.

-- bjs

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E-mail:  b.j.smith at ieee.org  or  me at bjsmith.me

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