#help with partitioning

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jagged sonnet
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so there's this hour long video on installing linux and the guy is creating 3 partitions. one for boot(1gb), one for EFI (1gb) and one for everything else. idk what EFI partition means but that's what he said in the video. he didn't even create a swap partition like whaa?? also he formats the EFI one to fat32 and the boot one to ext4 but isn't fat32 usually used for boot?? my question is, is it okay if I ignore the EFI partition and have 512mb for boot and 4gb for swap instead since that makes more sense to me.
i am mainly using this video for configuring lvm but I just wanted to know if it's okay to deviate from the way he partitioned the disk.

here's the video link: https://youtu.be/FxeriGuJKTM?si=ccCXlVT5d2i_-gcC
please refer to timestamps if you want to verify what I said
thanks in advance!!

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How to Install Arch Linux: Step-by-Step Guide (2024)

Arch Linux is one of the best rolling-release distributions around, but sometimes it can be a challenge to install. In this video, Jay will walk you through not one but TWO methods of installing Arch Linux. The first method will feature arch-install, which is geared more toward beginners. During the second half of the video, Jay will walk you th...

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zealous basin
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EFI Partition is where your bootloader EFI files are stored, which allows your BIOS/UEFI to boot from them

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I don't know why they're doing both a seperate boot and EFI, but video guides can be a bit weird

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zealous basin
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I would recommend using the offical guide instead, and asking questions here if you have any

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jagged sonnet
zealous basin
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An EFI partition is often used as a boot partition, but /boot is used to stored the kernel and initramfs

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Depending on your bootloader, this can be separate from your EFI, but not always

shadow token
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the Arch Linux community does not offer support for the information contained in videos; for installation procedures, the Installation guide is the only officially supported document. The content in the videos may be out of date or inaccurate

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there is no way a Youtube guide is exactly the same as the wiki. There are several decision points when one install in accordance with the wiki. At its extreme best, a video might represent one correct installation based upon one set of decisions for a particular machine at the time the video was made.

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@jagged sonnet

jagged sonnet
zealous basin
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If you're planning on using GRUB, you can either mount your EFI partition to /boot and have everything be stored there, or mount it somewhere else like /boot/efi or /efi, and just have the bootloader on it

jagged sonnet
zealous basin
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systemd-boot can only boot from kernels that are on the EFI partition, or on a dedicated boot partition, but if you're just using Arch I would just combine them if you want to use systemd-boot

jagged sonnet
zealous basin
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Yeah

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jagged sonnet
zealous basin
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UEFIs can only read from FAT32 and a few other filesystems, so you need to have it be that

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If you're having a seperate boot, it depends on your bootloader, but GRUB can read most common filesystems

jagged sonnet
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im having trouble understanding how to make a partition EFI

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think I'll read through the wiki a bit again

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cuz i wrongly understood it was based on the file format