Correct partitioning layout and changing fstab

[vito4316]

When i first installed arch i created a partitioning layout that looked like this:

# <file system>             <mount point>  <type>  <options>  <dump>  <pass>
UUID=D66F-A58E                              /boot/efi   vfat         fmask=0137,dmask=0027          0 2 
UUID=07ccabe5-b432-4553-ad89-8647a6f8f2d1   /boot       ext4         noatime                        0 2 
UUID=757b39c2-8e41-4682-bc42-7aae66cea511   /           ext4         noatime                        0 1 
UUID=f484854e-255e-4eed-bf61-97413ee0e2c8   /home       btrfs        noatime,compress=zstd          0 0

KDE partition manager visualization

I don’t know if this is a mess as much as I think it is.

SYSTEM contains efi
disk contains data, nothing important
everything else is self explanatory

Now, as far as i can assess: the efi partition doesn’t look good as far as mounting points are concerned.
/boot contains grub, and /boot/efi contains the efi partition. Arch wiki discourages this, though i don’t understand why. Maybe for clarity?

I also don’t like that my efi partition is so small (300Mb) but to change it, i should move it to the end of my disk, as there is another partition right after.
If that is not a good idea i can shrink the partition, i have no important data there so failure to correctly move things is not a problem.

Everything else is disposed like that because the disk partition contained windows before, so grub is on the first free block that was available at the time.

I was wondering, is it worth the effort to delete the disk partition to move grub, root and home backwards and expand the latter two? What kind of problems can this operation bring to?
I like fiddling with my system, but i understand this can lead to problems, so I do that as little as possible. What the advantages can be for all the operations i described? Are they worth the effort? Can i learn something from them?

[dalto]

@vito4316

Now, as far as i can assess: the efi partition doesn’t look good as far as mounting points are concerned.
/boot contains grub, and /boot/efi contains the efi partition. Arch wiki discourages this, though i don’t understand why.

It is fine. When using grub, the most common mount point for the ESP is /boot/efi. This is not an issue.

You can of course, change the mount point to /efi if you prefer. It won’t make any real difference though.

I would just leave it alone.

@vito4316

I also don’t like that my efi partition is so small (300Mb) but to change it, i should move it to the end of my disk, as there is another partition right after.

Since you are using grub, only a very small amount of data will be stored in the ESP. Unless you have plans to change that, there is no need to expand your ESP.

@vito4316

I was wondering, is it worth the effort to delete the disk partition to move grub, root and home backwards and expand the latter two?

Not unless you are planning some other future changes that require the extra space.

@vito4316

What kind of problems can this operation bring to?

Moving and expanding partitions has the potential to fail. Make sure you have a backup before you attempt that.

@vito4316

What the advantages can be for all the operations i described?

Unless you are planning to switch bootloaders or dual-boot a distro that doesn’t use grub, I don’t see any advantages.

@vito4316

Are they worth the effort?

I would say, “No”

@vito4316

Can i learn something from them?

You would learn how to move and resize partitions I guess. However, I am not sure that would be tremendously valuable knowledge in the grand scheme of things.

[vito4316]

Thank you for your time