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== Format ==
In theoryThe ESP can be formatted to any [[FAT]] file system, [[FAT12]]/[[FAT16|16]]/[[FAT32|32]]. InThere's realityone mostnotable firmwareexception, onlyApple supportmachines FAT32,(like iMac and someMacBooks) platformsuse witha limitedspecial resourcesfirmware maywhich supportonly [[FAT16]] too.accepts [[FAT12HFS+]] isfile verysystem rarelyon implemented,the and it's safe to assume it won't work on aEFI realSystem hardwarePartition.
 
There's one notable exception, Apple machines (like iMac and MacBooks) use a special firmware which only accepts [[HFS+]] file system on the EFI System Partition.
 
== Access ==
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