On Wed, 4 Dec 2024 13:00:21 +0100 poc...@homemail.com wrote: > > Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2024 at 11:18 PM > > From: "Felix Miata" <mrma...@stanis.net> > > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org, "Timothy M Butterworth" > > <timothy.m.butterwo...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: From SSD to NVME > > > > Timothy M Butterworth composed on 2024-12-03 20:36 (UTC-0500): > > > > >> pocket composed on 2024-12-03 12:01 (UTC+0100): > > >> > [alarm@alarm ~]$ ls -l / > > >> > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Nov 25 19:15 bin -> usr/bin > > >> > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dec 31 1969 boot > > >> … > > > > The rest of what the above was clipped from is in: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2024/12/msg00120.html > > > > >> What Debian puts a FAT filesystem on /boot/? Is that a > > >> systemd-boot configuration? > > > > > /boot/efi is a fat partition. It has to be fat so the UEFI can > > > read the files. Usually /boot is an EXT partition. > > > > /boot/efi/ is where the ESP normally goes, not /boot/, at least, > > not when using Grub2 EFI, as opposed to one of those newfangled > > bootloaders (e.g. systemd-boot) that I have yet to see live in > > person. That 'ls -l /' listing is pocket's root directory showing > > Dec 31 1969. That means there's a FAT filesystem mounted on /boot/. > > He hasn't shown us what if anything is mounted on on /boot/efi/. > > I don't have a partition to mount at /boot/efi > nvme drive with a msdos mbr two partitions one vfat and one ext4 > > Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 931.51 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors > Disk model: Corsair MP600 CORE MINI > Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes > Disklabel type: dos > Disk identifier: 0xb2c58878 > > Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type > /dev/nvme0n1p1 8192 1056767 1048576 512M c W95 FAT32 > (LBA) /dev/nvme0n1p2 1056768 1953525167 1952468400 931G 83 Linux > > > > > What I expect to see with Grub2 EFI is what I see here: > > # ls -gGd /boot/ > > dr-xr-xr-x 4 10240 Dec 3 11:57 /boot/ # typical > > mountpoint EXT4 mounted # ls -gGd /boot/efi/ > > drwxr-xr-x 4 4096 Dec 31 1969 /boot/efi/ # typical > > mountpoint FAT mounted # mount | grep boot > > /dev/sda1 on /boot/efi type vfat… > > # > > mount > /dev/nvme0n1p2 on / type ext4 (rw,noatime) > /dev/nvme0n1p1 on /boot/ type vfat > (rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro) > > That is all there is folks just two partitions on a nvme drive >
The EFI partition (i.e. partition mounted as /boot/efi or the partition containing /boot, which contains /boot/efi) must have some variety of FAT filesystem, according to the EFI spec. Windows will normally use ntfs and Debian by default ext4, and a FAT partition has no other real use now than for EFI. It may be convenient to put the whole of /boot on FAT, but Debian will normally leave /boot in the main / partition, and just use FAT for /boot/efi. -- Joe -- Joe
