Re: dosfstools for EFI partition?

[Steve McIntyre]

On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 08:39:24AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Richard Hector  (2023-05-14):
>> Hopefully this is the right, or close enough, place ...
>> 
>> Given that EFI is common, should dosfstools now be a standard package,
>> so that we can fsck the partition when required?
>> 
>> Happy to file as a bug, if I know what to file it against.
>
>I'm not familiar with the whole machinery but at least one component
>looks like it was meant to do the job:
>  
> https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/partman-basicfilesystems/-/blob/master/finish.d/aptinstall_basicfilesystems#L37-39
>
>Whether any of this works remains to be confirmed; if that code is still
>active, it might just need to be taught about some EFI-specific case.
>
>I'd file a bug report there if I were you, thanks already.

Oh wow, that code is ancient and clearly is not picking up on the
ESP. I'll fix that now. Richard: thanks for reporting!

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Re: dosfstools for EFI partition?

[Cyril Brulebois]

Hi,

Richard Hector  (2023-05-14):
> Hopefully this is the right, or close enough, place ...
> 
> Given that EFI is common, should dosfstools now be a standard package,
> so that we can fsck the partition when required?
> 
> Happy to file as a bug, if I know what to file it against.

I'm not familiar with the whole machinery but at least one component
looks like it was meant to do the job:
  
https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/partman-basicfilesystems/-/blob/master/finish.d/aptinstall_basicfilesystems#L37-39

Whether any of this works remains to be confirmed; if that code is still
active, it might just need to be taught about some EFI-specific case.

I'd file a bug report there if I were you, thanks already.


Cheers,
-- 
Cyril Brulebois (k...@debian.org)
D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant


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dosfstools for EFI partition?

[Richard Hector]

Hi,

Hopefully this is the right, or close enough, place ...

Given that EFI is common, should dosfstools now be a standard package, 
so that we can fsck the partition when required?


Happy to file as a bug, if I know what to file it against.

Cheers,
Richard