On 2025-10-06 16:00, Adam Williamson via devel-announce wrote:
Wiki -https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/2GbootPartition Discussion -https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/167587This is an unusual combination of late Change proposal and acceptance for Fedora 43 that has been [decided by FESCo](https://pagure.io/fesco/issue/3482). Per that decision, this Change is proposed and immediately accepted. == Summary == Raise the default boot partition size from 1 GiB to 2 GiB. == Owner == * Name: [[User:chrismurphy|Chris Murphy]], [[User:ngompa| Neal Gompa]] * Email:[email protected],[email protected] == Detailed Description == This Change raises the default /boot partition size to 2.0 GiB across all configurations. This includes Anaconda, kiwi-built images, and osbuild-made images that use a separate /boot volume. == Feedback == [https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/AUPPRDOIEH6QJWMHLFPE5RWQ6EEG2AFN/ Pre-proposal devel@ mailing list discussion thread.] == Benefit to Fedora == Firmware is getting bigger, initramfs are getting bigger, and boot volume size is not getting bigger. The last time it was changed from 500 MB to 1 GB was 2016. The motive for the change is having a big enough boot on new clean Fedora 43 installations so they can be upgraded for 5 years. We have no policy or guideline about how long a system should be upgradeable in place. But 5 years sounds nice, rather than telling folks a) become a partition ninja, or b) reinstall. == Scope == * Proposal owners: ** Anaconda:https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/6678 ** kiwi-descriptions: https://pagure.io/fedora-kiwi-descriptions/pull-request/224 ** osbuild:https://github.com/osbuild/images/pull/1918 * Other developers: Merge and release changes. * Release engineering: [https://pagure.io/releng/issue/12996 #12996] * Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change) * Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change) * Alignment with the Fedora Strategy: N/A (not needed for this Change) == Upgrade/compatibility impact == Existing systems are not impacted by this Change, but the need for increasing the /boot partition does not change for existing systems. A reinstall may be desirable for this case. == How To Test == Once this change lands, testing this is as simple as going through a regular install of any Fedora deliverable. == User Experience == There should be no user experience impact. == Dependencies == * anaconda * any osbuild package that uses osbuild/images as a dependency == Contingency Plan == * Contingency mechanism: Revert pull requests and make new release * Contingency deadline: Final Freeze * Blocks release? Yes == Documentation == N/A == Release Notes == Fedora Linux 43 has raised the size of the default /boot partition to 2 GiB. This is to accommodate increases in boot data over the past several releases and to maintain a usable experience. Users of older releases may be advised to consider reinstalling instead of upgrading to increase the /boot partition size.
-- Luya Tshimbalanga Fedora Design Team Fedora Design Suite maintainer
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