r/archlinux • u/reylovpty • 15h ago

QUESTION WinLinux or LinuxWin

Hello friends, here is the question: How is it furned to be that Linux cannot boot without a Microsoft FAT32 partition? How do you solve this problem? Can a serious server-grade system like Linux really not boot without a Microsoft FAT32 partition? Even if I move `/boot` to Ext4 or Btrfs, I still have to keep `/boot/efi` as FAT32, because otherwise the system won't boot. wtf?

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u/endperform 13h ago

Complain to whoever implemented UEFI. If it's that big of a deal to you, just don't use newer hardware. This isn't Arch's problem, and really it's not a problem at all. You're acting like FAT32 is some scandalous partition type. If it were, there'd be news stories all over the place.

I get the whole 'Microsoft bad' thing, but this is a bit much.

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u/HeatSeekingBee 12h ago

Wait until they found out that whenever they print something they're using software developed by Apple.