Add preseeding information about EFI partitions/EFI booting

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/en/appendix/preseed.xml b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
index b2d12ac15..56cbf59e4 100644
--- a/en/appendix/preseed.xml
+++ b/en/appendix/preseed.xml
@@ -1227,6 +1227,20 @@ d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
 # system labels, volume group names and which physical devices to include
 # in a volume group.
 
+## Partitioning for EFI
+# If your system needs an EFI partition you could add something like
+# this to the recipe above, as the first element in the recipe:
+#               538 538 1075 free                              \
+#                      $iflabel{ gpt }                         \
+#                      $reusemethod{ }                         \
+#                      method{ efi }                           \
+#                      format{ }                               \
+#               .                                              \
+#
+# The fragment above is for the amd64 architecture; the details may be
+# different on other architectures. The 'partman-auto' package in the
+# D-I source repository may have an example you can follow.
+
 # This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided
 # that you told it what to do using one of the methods above.
 d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
@@ -1234,6 +1248,12 @@ d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
 d-i partman/confirm boolean true
 d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
 
+# Force UEFI booting ('BIOS compatibility' will be lost). Default: false.
+#d-i partman-efi/non_efi_system boolean true
+# Ensure the partition table is GPT - this is required for EFI
+#d-i partman-partitioning/choose_label string gpt
+#d-i partman-partitioning/default_label string gpt
+
 # When disk encryption is enabled, skip wiping the partitions beforehand.
 #d-i partman-auto-crypto/erase_disks boolean false
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