If I only deal with Linux servers and Linux laptops, when should I create an EFI partition?
From my understanding an EFI partition on a Linux server ensures a standard for the disk layout, where EFI on a laptop is an requirement for UEFI.
Question
Can someone explain when I should use EFI on a disk?
Answer
From my understanding an EFI partition on a Linux server ensures a standard for the disk
layout
Ah, yeah. So you think laptops are super special?
The EFI partition is part of the UEFI standard. Either you have an UEFI bios and use UEFI to boot, or you do not – and Laptop or Server is irrelevant.
Let me quote from Wikipedia:
It contains the boot loader programs for all operating systems
installed (in other partitions) on the device, device driver files
(used by the firmware at boot time) for other devices, system utility
programs that are intended to be run before an operating system is
booted, and data files such as error logs.
Official source somewhere in http://www.uefi.org/specifications
So, no – you use UEFI then you need an EFI partition, or you have a regular BIOS then you can not have one.
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Source : Link , Question Author : Sandra , Answer Author : TomTom
