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From: "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
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Subject: Re: F2FS On USB Sticks?
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2025 15:26:55 +0100
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On 2025-03-22 14:39, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> On 22/03/2025 08:38, c186282 wrote:
>> On 3/21/25 8:41 PM, rbowman wrote:
>>> On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 19:11:40 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>>>
>>>> My other usage is Raspberry Pi SD cards which are two partitions in 
>>>> IIRC
>>>> VFAT and EXT4
>>>
>>> That may be inherited from Debian.  vfat is used for /boot/firmware or /
>>> boot/efi for UEFI compatibility.
>>>
>>> fwiw when it's mounted the Pico 2 shows as  vfat.  I assume the Pico 
>>> does
>>> also but the two I have hooked up are running so don't show as a mount.
>>
>>    At present, every Linux I've used, the UEFI stuff is
>>    ALWAYS in a FAT partition. However it's SMALL, not
>>    a prob.
>>
>>    Don't love UEFI at all ... but these days it's harder
>>    and harder to NOT have that partition.
> Sad but true. I am sure its all frightfully necessary, but for home use 
> you just want to boot the bloody computer, not have to go through all 
> that rigmarole.

At home, many people boot multiple operating systems from the same disk; 
UEFI has made this easier.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.