On 14.05.20 18:22, Richard Hector wrote:
Really handy for upgrading the BIOS/whatever when the only alternative
is a Windows executable. Unfortunately I'm not good at making notes, so
I have to figure out how that works each time I try :-)
I am searching for this! I have the BIOSupgrade.exe
On 13/05/20 11:41 pm, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> unicorn:~$ sudo sh -c 'du -sh /boot/efi/EFI/*'
> 1.2M /boot/efi/EFI/Boot
> 41M /boot/efi/EFI/HP
> 25M /boot/efi/EFI/Microsoft
> 5.1M /boot/efi/EFI/debian
>
> I have no idea what the "HP" directory is for. Here's what's in the
> next level down:
On Wed 13 May 2020 at 11:24:54 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote:
> On Wed, 13 May 2020 00:37:52 +0200 Andrea Borgia wrote:
> > Il 13/05/20 00:21, Patrick Bartek ha scritto:
> >
> > > I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say, 100MB is
> > > fine; others 215 or 550 is a safe
On Wed 13 May 2020 at 11:37:31 (-0700), Patrick Bartek wrote:
> On Wed, 13 May 2020 07:38:00 +0200 Sven Hartge wrote:
> > Rick Thomas wrote:
> > > On Tue, May 12, 2020, at 3:37 PM, Andrea Borgia wrote:
> > >> Il 13/05/20 00:21, Patrick Bartek ha scritto:
> >
> > >> > I can't find anything
Patrick Bartek wrote:
> On Wed, 13 May 2020 07:38:00 +0200 Sven Hartge wrote:
>> Also Firmware/BIOS update are often put onto there nowadays to be
>> installed on next reboot.
> Aren't such updates stored still in /boot? Or has that changed with
> efi?
For my Dell Precision 7520 I can either
On Wed, 13 May 2020 07:38:00 +0200
Sven Hartge wrote:
> Rick Thomas wrote:
> > On Tue, May 12, 2020, at 3:37 PM, Andrea Borgia wrote:
> >> Il 13/05/20 00:21, Patrick Bartek ha scritto:
>
> >> > I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say, 100MB
> >> > is fine; others 215
On Wed, 13 May 2020 09:16:33 +0200
Andrea Borgia wrote:
> Update:older laptop had 100MB, the current one apparently has more than
> 500MB but I am not sure whether that holds the recovery image as well or
> not.
>
> Anyhow, the caveat for multiple copies is valid for /boot, where kernels
>
On Tue, 12 May 2020 17:17:29 -0700
"Rick Thomas" wrote:
> On Tue, May 12, 2020, at 3:37 PM, Andrea Borgia wrote:
> > Il 13/05/20 00:21, Patrick Bartek ha scritto:
> > > I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say, 100MB is
> > > fine; others 215 or 550 is a safe choice. It
On Wed, 13 May 2020 00:37:52 +0200
Andrea Borgia wrote:
> Il 13/05/20 00:21, Patrick Bartek ha scritto:
>
>
> > I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say, 100MB is
> > fine; others 215 or 550 is a safe choice. It all seems to be just
> > opinions.
>
> I had the same
On Wed, 13 May 2020 12:33:32 +
Steve McIntyre wrote:
> nemomm...@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> >I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say, 100MB is
> >fine; others 215 or 550 is a safe choice. It all seems to be just
> >opinions.
> >
> >Anyone know for sure? I hate having to
nemomm...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say, 100MB is
>fine; others 215 or 550 is a safe choice. It all seems to be just
>opinions.
>
>Anyone know for sure? I hate having to waste hundreds of megs for a
>partition that only needs to hold a few megs,
On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 12:37:52AM +0200, Andrea Borgia wrote:
> Debian uses about 6MB, MS about 26MB, plus a couple of megs for boot.
> If space is really tight you might want to stick with 100MB in total.
My current desktop PC is an HP Pavilion that came pre-loaded with
Windows. I added Debian
Update:older laptop had 100MB, the current one apparently has more than
500MB but I am not sure whether that holds the recovery image as well or
not.
Anyhow, the caveat for multiple copies is valid for /boot, where kernels
live. AFAIK, /boot/EFI is fairly constant in space utilization... I have
Rick Thomas wrote:
> On Tue, May 12, 2020, at 3:37 PM, Andrea Borgia wrote:
>> Il 13/05/20 00:21, Patrick Bartek ha scritto:
>> > I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say, 100MB
>> > is fine; others 215 or 550 is a safe choice. It all seems to be
>> > just opinions.
>> I
On Tue, May 12, 2020, at 3:37 PM, Andrea Borgia wrote:
> Il 13/05/20 00:21, Patrick Bartek ha scritto:
> > I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say, 100MB is
> > fine; others 215 or 550 is a safe choice. It all seems to be just
> > opinions.
> I had the same doubts about a
Il 13/05/20 00:21, Patrick Bartek ha scritto:
I can't find anything definitive on this question. Some say, 100MB is
fine; others 215 or 550 is a safe choice. It all seems to be just
opinions.
I had the same doubts about a year ago and went with the recommendation
of a larger partition,
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