Bug#1141764: Should maybe have guidance on recommended ESP size for UEFI systems

On 14/07/2026 à 20:51, Holger Wansing wrote:
> 
> Pascal Hambourg <[email protected]> wrote (Sat, 11 Jul 2026 23:26:52 +0200):
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>>> To be future-safe, you should not go with an ESP partition smaller than 768-1000 MB
>>> these days. Otherwise you risk running into problems, when it comes to kernel upgrades
>>> via UKIs or firmware upgrades of your PC's devices later.
>>
>> Or if you use systemd-boot and the Boot Loader Specification (BLS)
>> layout. The BLS requires to install kernel and initramfs images into the
>> ESP (unless you have a separate Extended Boot Loader partition on the
>> same drive mounted on /boot but this is not supported by Debian kernel
>> packages yet AFAIK).
> 
> I think it's getting overly technical and complicated, if we mention this
> as well IMHO.

Maybe just mention systemd-boot, which is already offered by d-i in 
expert mode as an alternative to GRUB on supported architectures ? The 
rest was only technical details for the discussion.