Create boot partition with gparted free#

Create new partitions In the free space, now, create a new partition for the root (/). Use the arrow key to select the option, and press the Enter key. GParted planned the partition creation, but hasnвЂ™t actually performed this operation yet. In this example, we see that the EFI boot partition has the partition 2 index (aka Volume 5 with the Hidden label). The EFI system partition (ESP) is a partition on a data storage device, usually an HDD or SSD that is used by computers adhering to the Unified Extensive Firmware (UEFI). efi (UEFI bootloader) Starting with the efi partition, 100MB is usually more than enough. To manage the partitions, we're using GParted, which is available as bootable ISO-Image. When the process complete, you can see certain free space on SD card. GParted is another excellent partition manager. Right-click the icon and select Run as administrator. Just choose the GParted Live by default and press Step 3. , boot or hidden) Type: FAT (generally FAT32) Description: the EFI partition (also called ESP) contains some boot files. To move a partition, click the Move button. Step 2: Type diskpart on the command prompt and press Enter.

# mkdir /mnt/disk2-part1 # mount /dev/sdb1 //mnt/disk2-part1. This device name can be different on each system. inxi -Mxa ( check for UEFI only ) test -d /sys/firmware/efi & echo efi || echo bios sudo lsbk -fs ( check uuid /boot/efi) sudo parted -l ( disk format should GPT) you can also use Gparted to format and create partitions size To enable the UEFI boot mode, you need to access the BIOS Setup utility and then operate further.