[syslinux] Syslinux Digest, Vol 164, Issue 2

[Phil Pokorny]

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> I need to create one bootable UEFI disk partition that contains all the
> space on the disk. The steps must work in a shell script. Ideally with
> syslinux/extlinux but if not possible then grub.
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> echo format file system
> sudo mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/${DISK_DEVICE_NAME_CURRENT_OS}1
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EFI requires a FAT filesystem.  Ideally FAT32 but that might be encumbered
by Microsoft patents?  Maximum size of a FAT16 partition is 2GB.

Use mkfs.vfat  You can try the "-F 32" if you're not worried about  being
sued by Microsoft.