<div dir="ltr">I actually have few problems with requiring an EFI partition. My problem is with the larger and larger /boot/EFI requirements which are not specified in the minimum requirements for installation. I originally allocated 256M for the EFI partition, but the present requirements for the same multi-boot Linux machine is over 1G allocated on my 1.5T HDD. This with the 2-4G requirement for a swap partition if you have less than 16G RAM reduces the configuration flexibility.<div> </div><div>Again, these larger /boot/EFI and swap requirements should be spelled out as minimum requirements, not discovered after errors in the installation process for manual partitioning.</div><div> </div><div>I recognize that I am a member of a diminishing group with my older, legacy boot machine, but one of the 'features' of Linux was that it provided support for older machines. Since I am one of those who started with 8-bit machines pre-Linux, I know how fast technology changes, and I am NOT wanting or expecting AI enhancements for 32-bit machines.</div></div> <div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 8:00 AM <<a href="mailto:xubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com">xubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> wrote: </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Send xubuntu-users mailing list submissions to <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">xubuntu-users-request@lists.ubuntu.com</a> You can reach the person managing the list at <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users-owner@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">xubuntu-users-owner@lists.ubuntu.com</a> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of xubuntu-users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: xubuntu-users Digest, Vol 207, Issue 4 (Liam Proven) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 28 May 2024 16:36:57 +0100 From: Liam Proven <<a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com" target="_blank">lproven@gmail.com</a>> To: Xubuntu Support and User Discussions <<a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a>> Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] xubuntu-users Digest, Vol 207, Issue 4 Message-ID: <CAMTenCFNUuKLWtQ91wJVfq1WHATqkxTk4=<a href="mailto:RvjzQM9AQYVy1A%2Bg@mail.gmail.com" target="_blank">RvjzQM9AQYVy1A+g@mail.gmail.com</a>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Mon, 27 May 2024 at 12:57, Carl Snyder <<a href="mailto:carlwsnyder@gmail.com" target="_blank">carlwsnyder@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > I have noted that many distribution's 2024 installers want your machine to have already prepared /boot/EFI partitions which are sized > 1G or you receive errors at random places in the install process. This is a known bug in Ubuntu: <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1893964" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1893964</a> I have talked to the company about it, and its position is that this is intended behaviour so that the same bootable drive will work on both BIOS and UEFI computers, or on a single machine regardless of whether the firmware is configured to "UEFI boot", "legacy boot", or both in either order. -- Liam Proven ~ Profile: <a href="https://about.me/liamproven" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://about.me/liamproven</a> Email: <a href="mailto:lproven@cix.co.uk" target="_blank">lproven@cix.co.uk</a> ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: <a href="mailto:lproven@gmail.com" target="_blank">lproven@gmail.com</a> Twitter/LinkedIn: lproven ~ Skype: liamproven IoM: (+44) 7624 277612: UK: (+44) 7939-087884 Czech [+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal]: (+420) 702-829-053 ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer -- xubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users</a> ------------------------------ End of xubuntu-users Digest, Vol 207, Issue 6 ********************************************* </blockquote></div>