Is the first partition really required on UEFI systems?

[sarvasana]

Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
   1            2048            4095   1024.0 KiB  EF02  BIOS boot partition
   2            4096         1232895   600.0 MiB   EF00  EFI System
   3         1232896         2461695   600.0 MiB   8300  Linux filesystem
   4         2461696      2000409230   952.7 GiB   8E00  Linux LVM

Is the first partition really required on UEFI systems?

[sandrokeil]

You can read more about this at the arch linux wiki. It’s the boot partition for GPT systems.