Dual boot installation require a distinct ESP and it must be formatted during installation #110

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opened 2026-04-17 20:38:19 +00:00 by siosm · 0 comments

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Describe the bug

When dual booting with another operating system, you must use a distinct EFI System Partition for your Atomic Desktop installation and it must be empty (or formatted) during the installation.

Reproduction steps

Install the system with another system already installed
Re-use the ESP

Expected behavior

System installed alongside the existing systems

Actual behavior

Installation fails.

System details

N/A

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### Describe the bug When dual booting with another operating system, you must use a distinct EFI System Partition for your Atomic Desktop installation and it must be empty (or formatted) during the installation. ### Reproduction steps 1. Install the system with another system already installed 2. Re-use the ESP ### Expected behavior System installed alongside the existing systems ### Actual behavior Installation fails. ### System details N/A ### Additional information or screenshots See: - https://github.com/fedora-silverblue/issue-tracker/issues/284 - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167086 - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1575957 - https://forge.fedoraproject.org/atomic-desktops/tracker/issues/109 - https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/atomic-desktops/installation/#known-limitations

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