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authorDaan De Meyer <daan.j.demeyer@gmail.com>2023-05-22 19:32:18 +0200
committerDaan De Meyer <daan.j.demeyer@gmail.com>2023-05-22 22:16:32 +0200
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repart: Default to vfat for ESP/XBOOTLDR partitions
vfat makes a lot more sense than ext4 for these partitions.
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directories from the host into the file system that is created due to the <varname>Format=</varname>
option. If <varname>CopyFiles=</varname> is used without <varname>Format=</varname> specified
explicitly, <literal>Format=</literal> with a suitable default is implied (currently
- <literal>ext4</literal>, but this may change in the future). This option may be used multiple times
- to copy multiple files or directories from host into the newly formatted file system. The colon and
- second path may be omitted in which case the source path is also used as the target path (relative to
- the root of the newly created file system). If the source path refers to a directory it is copied
- recursively.</para>
+ <literal>vfat</literal> for <literal>ESP</literal> and <literal>XBOOTLDR</literal> partitions, and
+ <literal>ext4</literal> otherwise, but this may change in the future). This option may be used
+ multiple times to copy multiple files or directories from host into the newly formatted file system.
+ The colon and second path may be omitted in which case the source path is also used as the target
+ path (relative to the root of the newly created file system). If the source path refers to a
+ directory it is copied recursively.</para>
<para>This option has no effect if the partition already exists: it cannot be used to copy additional
files into an existing partition, it may only be used to populate a file system created anew.</para>