Re: hd-media and uefi

Pascal Hambourg <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.boot
Organization Plouf !
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 21/08/2026 at 05:25, Carl Karsten wrote:
> Can someone point me to a spec or something that defines waht a valid uefi
> boot device is?

As far as I know:
- DOS/MBR or GPT partition table.
- Partition #1 with type identifier "EFI System Partition" and FAT12, 
FAT16 or FAT32 filesystem depending on the partition size.
- First stage boot loader installed in the partition as 
/EFI/BOOT/BOOT$ARCH.EFI (with $ARCH = 'x64' for amd64, 'AA64' for arm64...).

A FAT filesystem in an unpartitioned drive or a FAT partition with a 
type identifier other than ESP may work, but no guarantee.
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