UEFI - Allow user to select ESP for bootloader installation.

[deepakkapoor23]

Installer detects all ESPs but only shows the first suitable one as an option in combobox.

def get_suitable_esp(self):
""" Attempt to find the suitable ESP.... """
l = self.dp.collect_esp()
if not l:
return None
e = l[0]
if e.freespace < ESP_FREE_REQUIRED:
return None
return e

[ikeydoherty]

And the issue with that is... ?

[deepakkapoor23]

Installer is not listing all available ESPs on the system. It only shows the first one it finds with more than 60Mb free space.

List all of them during installation with free space available and let the user decide. Also show a note on screen that at least 60Mb is required.

[ikeydoherty]

You do realise that many systems will happily ignore multiple ESPs - and it's typically only full desktops that are OK with it? Laptops of various vendors (read: shitty firmware) can struggle with multiple ESPs, or just completely ignore them, or provide no mechanism at all to select a secondary.

Sidenote, the method returns the largest ESP with more than 60MB free.