[Bug 290857] bsdinstall: The ESP on FreeBSD Should Be FAT32 Instead of FAT16: D28897 Is Actually Ineffective
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:47:25 UTC
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=290857
--- Comment #3 from ykla <yklaxds@gmail.com> ---
If you choose GPT (UEFI) during installation, the result will be the same:
root@ykla:/home/ykla # gpart show
=> 40 33554352 nda0 GPT (16G)
40 532480 1 efi (260M)
532520 2008 - free - (1.0M)
534528 4194304 2 freebsd-swap (2.0G)
4728832 28823552 3 freebsd-zfs (14G)
33552384 2008 - free - (1.0M)
root@ykla:/home/ykla # file -s /dev/nda0p1
/dev/nda0p1: DOS/MBR boot sector, code offset 0x3c+2, OEM-ID "BSD4.4 ",
sectors/cluster 32, root entries 512, sectors/FAT 65, sectors/track 63, heads
255, sectors 532480 (volumes > 32 MB), serial number 0x74e20813, unlabeled, FAT
(16 bit)
root@ykla:/home/ykla # newfs_msdos -F 32 /dev/nvd0p1
newfs_msdos: 16630 clusters too few clusters for FAT32, need 65525
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