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.
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. 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. On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 8:00 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > Send xubuntu-users mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > 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 <[email protected]> > To: Xubuntu Support and User Discussions > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] xubuntu-users Digest, Vol 207, Issue 4 > Message-ID: > <CAMTenCFNUuKLWtQ91wJVfq1WHATqkxTk4= > [email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > On Mon, 27 May 2024 at 12:57, Carl Snyder <[email protected]> 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: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1893964 > > 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: https://about.me/liamproven > Email: [email protected] ~ gMail/gTalk/FB: [email protected] > 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 > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users > > > ------------------------------ > > End of xubuntu-users Digest, Vol 207, Issue 6 > ********************************************* >
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