Re: /boot/efi

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On Wed, 27 Jul 2022 10:54:51 +0200
Patrick Dupre <pdupre@xxxxxxx> wrote:
 
> If I have several distributions on a single machine with several
> disks, should I have a single /boot/efi ?

It will work as long as none of the installed distributions are
duplicated, because that will duplicate the label.  e.g. default fedora
label is fedora, so if more than one is installed there will be
problems, because efi expects to find fedora at /boot/efi/EFI/fedora.

On this list recently, someone said that the default label can be
changed to solve this problem.  I haven't researched that yet, higher
priority items on my TODO list (firewalld failing, unable to boot
latest kernel).

The other thing you can do is use systemd-boot, as it allows unlimited
booting of distributions, same or otherwise, from the same efi
partition, as long as they are booting efi.

Finally, to answer your question, I think that whenever a new disk is
installed and partitioned, an efi partition should be created.  This is
another way to solve the problem of having multiple fedoras installed.
Just use a different efi partition, and switch to it using the system
BIOS when you want to boot the alternate fedora.  Most BIOSs have keys
that you can hit to enter the BIOS and set boot priority, on mine F2 or
Del.  Gives a backup means of booting if a disk should fail, as well.
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