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Document URL: Section Number and Name: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/7/html/Installation_Guide/sect-kickstart-syntax.html Search with "part or partition". Describe the issue: ------------------------------------------ mntpoint - Where the partition is mounted. The value must be of one of the following forms: .. snip .. * efi An EFI System Partition. A 50 MB EFI partition is necessary on UEFI-based AMD64 and Intel 64 systems; the recommended size is 200 MB. It is not necessary on BIOS systems. See also the bootloader command. ------------------------------------------ But, "efi" is not available. Correctly, it should be /boot/efi. Suggestions for improvement: It should be "/boot/efi", not "efi" Additional information: We tested it. "efi" didn't work, and "/boot/efi" works. In pyanaconda/kickstart.py, the mount point like "efi" is not detected as EFI System Partition. class PartitionData(commands.partition.F18_PartData): def execute(self, storage, ksdata, instClass): ... elif self.mountpoint == "/boot/efi": if blivet.arch.isMactel(): type = "hfs+" else: type = "EFI System Partition" self.fsopts = "defaults,uid=0,gid=0,umask=0077,shortname=winnt" upstream also doesn't have the code to deal with the mountpoint "efi". I think this is a documentation bug.
That does indeed look like a docs bug. I'll fix it asap.
Fixed. Preview is available here (scroll down to "part or partition (required)": http://jenkinscat.gsslab.pnq.redhat.com:8080/job/doc-Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux-7-Installation_Guide%20%28html-single%29/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/tmp/en-US/html-single/index.html#sect-kickstart-commands I also checked a few other places in the book that deal with the EFI System Partition and made sure it's explained clearly everywhere.