[Swlug] efi partition question

[Matt Willsher]

> On 5 Nov 2015, at 01:12, bascule <asura at theexcession.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> having met an insurmountable obstacle in installing a uefi version of windows 
> alongside my mageia5 install (inaccessible boot device error - after copying 
> the files!) i'm resorting to getting a new drive just for the win install.  but 
> i'm not sure if that separate drive has to have its own efi partition or if the 
> win install can use the existing efi partition that mageia5 uses, would it make 
> a difference depending on the drive boot 

My understanding is one on the initial boot drive is sufficient and is the one that will be looked at. Having another on a different drive I don't believe will cause any issues. You might want to take a back up of the efi partition before you install Windows just in case.