Public bug reported: The GRUB EFI bootloader that is used by the current Ubuntu ISOs only appears to include support for the FAT/FAT32 and ISO9660 file systems.
This creates issues for people who create USB bootable media from the ISO and plan to add persistence onto it, as they are only able to do so using FAT32 as the file system, which limits the persistent partition size to 4GB (due to this filesystem's limitations). Considering that many motherboards manufacturers are adding NTFS boot support to their UEFI firmware (for instance all intel NUC models include it, as well as many boards from Gigabyte and other vendors), and that, even if the UEFI firmware does not support native NTFS boot, it is also easy to add that functionality (for instance Rufus, the Ubuntu- recommended bootable USB media creation tool on Windows has such a feature), not having NTFS support in the GRUB EFI bootloader included with the Ubuntu ISOs is becoming problematic for Ubuntu users. Evidence of this can be demonstrated with https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/issues/1108 and I also was able to replicate the issue when testing ubuntu-18.04-beta2-desktop-amd64.iso. The NTFS GRUB module is a few KB in size, and should only require adding 'ntfs' during 'grub-mkimage' invocation, along with the 'fat' option that should already be present. Therefore, we don't believe it should be that problematic to do, and it would be great help for Ubuntu users wanting to use persistence on USB media. For good measure, you may also want to consider adding the 'exfat' module. Thanks, ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: efi grub installation-media iso ntfs uefi -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1763738 Title: add NTFS module to GRUB EFI bootloader for installation ISO images To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1763738/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
