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Jcwscience

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Specify EFI partition size with the arch-install script

I’ve used the arch install script and it is the only way I’ve ever managed to get a btrfs partition layout functional. However the default boot partition is too small, I need extra space for kernel test images. Is there a way to change the partition size while keeping the rest of the partition calculations correct?

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Re: Specify EFI partition size with the arch-install script

Mod note: moving to Archinstall subforum.

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AlmaMater

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Re: Specify EFI partition size with the arch-install script

1 Gb is too small? That is the default size I get for the boot partition.

If yes, then I would just change the mount point from /boot to /efi. Then you get all the space of root for the boot directory where the kernels are stored.

In the installer, you select the option to automatically create the partitions, then you go back and manually change the mount point for the FAT32 partition. Leaving the BTRFS partition untouched.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/EFI_system_partition

(asuming if you have a UEFI-capable computer)

Regards!

Last edited by AlmaMater (2024-09-26 12:48:33)

philo

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Registered: 2015-01-26

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Re: Specify EFI partition size with the arch-install script

archinstall is very good now.

You are proposed 1GB for /boot if the total size of the device for your whole installation is sufficient.

What is the size of the /boot partition offered to you by archinstall and which you consider "too small"?

Last edited by philo (2024-09-26 17:26:06)