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Bug 2234951 - Reduce maximum EFI system partition size again
Summary: Reduce maximum EFI system partition size again
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 39
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: anaconda-maint
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard: AcceptedFreezeException
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Blocks: F39BetaFreezeException
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Reported: 2023-08-25 18:59 UTC by Adam Williamson
Modified: 2023-09-08 20:25 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: anaconda-39.32.2-1.fc39
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Last Closed: 2023-09-08 20:25:21 UTC
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Github rhinstaller anaconda pull 5090 0 None open Revert the ESP maximum size back to 600MiB 2023-09-06 15:29:28 UTC

Description Adam Williamson 2023-08-25 18:59:06 UTC 
As part of https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/BiggerESP , the maximum size of the EFI system partition was set to 2G. This is quite large, and caused quite a few unwanted consequences which have not yet been addressed:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2212121
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2214329
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2214342

it seems to have not been entirely understood that the "maximum" size is actually the one the installer will use in virtually all cases, given current partitioning logic.

There is a PR to reduce the maximum size again to 600M, which should be enough for firmware images:

https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/5081

we can try again to deal with the issue of UKIs at a later time.

This bug is proposed as a Beta FE to land this change for F39 Beta. The Change owner (hughesie) supports this, and per nirik, "Several FESCo members liked the idea of dropping the max size" (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2208181#c4 ).

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Adam Williamson 2023-08-27 16:21:18 UTC 
+3 in https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/1201 , marking accepted.
Comment 2 Vladimír Slávik 2023-09-07 13:15:09 UTC 
PRs merged, awaiting releases...

f40 - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/5081
f39 - https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/5090
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2023-09-07 15:48:37 UTC 
FEDORA-2023-755dc0b0c0 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 39. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-755dc0b0c0
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2023-09-08 01:37:00 UTC 
FEDORA-2023-755dc0b0c0 has been pushed to the Fedora 39 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2023-755dc0b0c0`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-755dc0b0c0

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2023-09-08 20:25:21 UTC 
FEDORA-2023-755dc0b0c0 has been pushed to the Fedora 39 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
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