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		NewJazz on Nov 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linux boot partitions and how to set them up The commenter is saying that there is an NTFS boot partition that is chained after the ESP. So UEFI mounts and execs whatever is in the (vFAT) ESP, and then that ESP bootloader loads data from the (NTFS) boot partition.

vetinari on Nov 3, 2022 [–]

MSR (that another partition) has no role in Windows boot. Windows will work without it being present at all.

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