On Dec 30, 2016 4:20 AM, "Mayavimmer" <mayavim...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It seems that on EFI hardware Fedora 25 can be installed without the > suggested separate /boot partition. I just selected auto partitioning on > a LVM device, then deleted the given new /boot partition. It seems to > work ok. > The simple answer is that the Fedora installer Anaconda interprets that by deleting the partition assigned for `/boot/` you are implying it can rely in the same partition used by `/`, remember `/boot/` is a subdirectory of `/`. On a UEFI system if still works because Anaconda so awesome that it finds the ESP partition and mount it under `/boot/efi/`, no matter if `/boot/` has it own partition or not.
It is highly recommended to have `/boot` on its on and separate partition. A good example is when you want to have an encrypted system, if the kernels under `/boot/` are in the same encrypted volume for `/`, the system will not boot. This array is called "LVM on LUKS", I'm using this o my laptop, my Fedora requires the ESP partition, a partition for `/boot/` and another partition for the encrypted partition in which the logical volume group lives. Inside the LVG there are Logical Volumes for `/`, `/home` and swap. > Is it safe? If so, why does the Fedora installer propose a separate > /boot in this EFI hardware case with GPT partitioning? Are there > advantages/disadvantages? Skipping the creation of a separate /boot > seems very convenient since a new install under LVM would only require > one new physical partition, and reduce clutter (though I am a little > suspicious about having swap under LVM too - is it shared by other OS' > too?). > > On the other hand note that the Btrfs volume install does not allow you > to delete the /boot partition. > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
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