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Noble uses EFI (extensible firmware interface) not MBR (Master Boot Record) #321

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cunnie opened this issue Feb 20, 2024 · 1 comment
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Noble uses EFI (extensible firmware interface) not MBR (Master Boot Record) #321

cunnie opened this issue Feb 20, 2024 · 1 comment
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cunnie commented Feb 20, 2024

  • Requires a "boot" partition, "/boot/efi:
  • must be partition type fat32, formatted as vfat, needs at least 6MB, 30MB should be enough
  • typically /dev/sda1; root partition migrates to /dev/sda2.
  • Enables certain features, such as accessing GPUs w/ > 16 GiB RAM
@cunnie cunnie added this to the 24.04 wishlist milestone Feb 20, 2024
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added efi support for aws,gcp,vsphere with the following commits

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