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  • Re: dosfstools for EFI partition?

    From Cyril Brulebois@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 14 08:40:01 2023
    Hi,

    Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> (2023-05-14):
    Hopefully this is the right, or close enough, place ...

    Given that EFI is common, should dosfstools now be a standard package,
    so that we can fsck the partition when required?

    Happy to file as a bug, if I know what to file it against.

    I'm not familiar with the whole machinery but at least one component
    looks like it was meant to do the job:
    https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/partman-basicfilesystems/-/blob/master/finish.d/aptinstall_basicfilesystems#L37-39

    Whether any of this works remains to be confirmed; if that code is still active, it might just need to be taught about some EFI-specific case.

    I'd file a bug report there if I were you, thanks already.


    Cheers,
    --
    Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org) <https://debamax.com/>
    D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

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  • From Richard Hector@21:1/5 to All on Sun May 14 08:30:02 2023
    Hi,

    Hopefully this is the right, or close enough, place ...

    Given that EFI is common, should dosfstools now be a standard package,
    so that we can fsck the partition when required?

    Happy to file as a bug, if I know what to file it against.

    Cheers,
    Richard

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  • From Steve McIntyre@21:1/5 to Cyril Brulebois on Mon May 15 23:30:01 2023
    On Sun, May 14, 2023 at 08:39:24AM +0200, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
    Hi,

    Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> (2023-05-14):
    Hopefully this is the right, or close enough, place ...

    Given that EFI is common, should dosfstools now be a standard package,
    so that we can fsck the partition when required?

    Happy to file as a bug, if I know what to file it against.

    I'm not familiar with the whole machinery but at least one component
    looks like it was meant to do the job:
    https://salsa.debian.org/installer-team/partman-basicfilesystems/-/blob/master/finish.d/aptinstall_basicfilesystems#L37-39

    Whether any of this works remains to be confirmed; if that code is still >active, it might just need to be taught about some EFI-specific case.

    I'd file a bug report there if I were you, thanks already.

    Oh wow, that code is ancient and clearly is not picking up on the
    ESP. I'll fix that now. Richard: thanks for reporting!

    --
    Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. steve@einval.com Who needs computer imagery when you've got Brian Blessed?

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