diff --git a/build-all.sh b/build-all.sh
index a6fa10e67310..9eb2cbadf09d 100644
--- a/build-all.sh
+++ b/build-all.sh
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ buildall_start=`date +%s`
 n=0
 for line in "${buildlist[@]}"; do
 	unset LINUXFAMILY LINUXCONFIG KERNELDIR KERNELSOURCE KERNELBRANCH BOOTDIR BOOTSOURCE BOOTBRANCH ARCH UBOOT_NEEDS_GCC KERNEL_NEEDS_GCC \
-		CPUMIN CPUMAX UBOOT_VER KERNEL_VER GOVERNOR BOOTSIZE UBOOT_TOOLCHAIN KERNEL_TOOLCHAIN PACKAGE_LIST_EXCLUDE KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE \
+		CPUMIN CPUMAX UBOOT_VER KERNEL_VER GOVERNOR BOOTSIZE BOOTFS_TYPE UBOOT_TOOLCHAIN KERNEL_TOOLCHAIN PACKAGE_LIST_EXCLUDE KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE \
 		write_uboot_platform family_tweaks setup_write_uboot_platform BOOTSCRIPT UBOOT_TARGET_MAP LOCALVERSION UBOOT_COMPILER KERNEL_COMPILER \
 		MODULES MODULES_NEXT MODULES_DEV INITRD_ARCH HAS_UUID_SUPPORT BOOTENV_FILE BOOTDELAY MODULES_BLACKLIST MODULES_BLACKLIST_NEXT \
 		MODULES_BLACKLIST_DEV MOUNT SDCARD BOOTPATCHDIR buildtext RELEASE UBOOT_ALT_GCC KERNEL_ALT_GCC IMAGE_TYPE OVERLAY_PREFIX
diff --git a/configuration.sh b/configuration.sh
index 33f34703d27d..009e6cc96ef9 100644
--- a/configuration.sh
+++ b/configuration.sh
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ ARCH=armhf
 KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE=zImage
 SERIALCON=ttyS0
 
-# WARNING: This option is deprecated
-BOOTSIZE=0
+# single ext4 partition is the default and preferred configuration
+BOOTFS_TYPE=''
 
 # set unique mounting directory
 SDCARD="sdcard-${BRANCH}-${BOARD}-${RELEASE}-${BUILD_DESKTOP}"
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ Version: $(cd $SRC/lib; git rev-parse @)
 Build target:
 Board: $BOARD
 Branch: $BRANCH
+Desktop: $BUILD_DESKTOP
 
 Kernel configuration:
 Repository: $KERNELSOURCE
@@ -200,8 +201,13 @@ Config file: $LINUXCONFIG
 U-boot configuration:
 Repository: $BOOTSOURCE
 Branch: $BOOTBRANCH
+Config file: $BOOTCONFIG
+
+Partitioning configuration:
+Root partition type: $ROOTFS_TYPE
+Boot partition type: ${BOOTFS_TYPE:-(none)}
+User provided boot partition size: ${BOOTSIZE:-0}
 Offset: $OFFSET
-Size: $BOOTSIZE
 
 CPU configuration:
 $CPUMIN - $CPUMAX with $GOVERNOR
diff --git a/debootstrap-ng.sh b/debootstrap-ng.sh
index 13e79489b9f1..c3572a97cec4 100644
--- a/debootstrap-ng.sh
+++ b/debootstrap-ng.sh
@@ -253,12 +253,8 @@ prepare_partitions()
 	display_alert "Preparing image file for rootfs" "$BOARD $RELEASE" "info"
 
 	# possible partition combinations
-	# ext4 root only (BOOTSIZE == 0 && ROOTFS_TYPE == ext4)
-	# ext4 boot + non-ext4 local root (BOOTSIZE == 0; ROOTFS_TYPE != ext4 or nfs)
-	# fat32 boot + ext4 root (BOOTSIZE > 0 && ROOTFS_TYPE == ext4)
-	# fat32 boot + non-ext4 local root (BOOTSIZE > 0; ROOTFS_TYPE != ext4 or nfs)
-	# ext4 boot + NFS root (BOOTSIZE == 0; ROOTFS_TYPE == nfs)
-	# fat32 boot + NFS root (BOOTSIZE > 0; ROOTFS_TYPE == nfs)
+	# /boot: none, ext4, ext2, fat (BOOTFS_TYPE)
+	# root: ext4, btrfs, f2fs, nfs (ROOTFS_TYPE)
 
 	# declare makes local variables by default if used inside a function
 	# NOTE: mountopts string should always start with comma if not empty
@@ -268,6 +264,7 @@ prepare_partitions()
 	declare -A parttype mkopts mkfs mountopts
 
 	parttype[ext4]=ext4
+	parttype[ext2]=ext2
 	parttype[fat]=fat16
 	parttype[f2fs]=ext4 # not a copy-paste error
 	parttype[btrfs]=btrfs
@@ -282,22 +279,49 @@ prepare_partitions()
 	fi
 
 	mkopts[fat]='-n BOOT'
+	mkopts[ext2]='-q'
 	# mkopts[f2fs] is empty
 	# mkopts[btrfs] is empty
 	# mkopts[nfs] is empty
 
 	mkfs[ext4]=ext4
+	mkfs[ext2]=ext2
 	mkfs[fat]=vfat
 	mkfs[f2fs]=f2fs
 	mkfs[btrfs]=btrfs
 	# mkfs[nfs] is empty
 
 	mountopts[ext4]=',commit=600,errors=remount-ro'
+	# mountopts[ext2] is empty
 	# mountopts[fat] is empty
 	# mountopts[f2fs] is empty
 	# mountopts[btrfs] is empty
 	# mountopts[nfs] is empty
 
+	# stage: determine partition configuration
+	if [[ -n $BOOTFS_TYPE ]]; then
+		# 2 partition setup with forced /boot type
+		local bootfs=$BOOTFS_TYPE
+		local bootpart=1
+		local rootpart=2
+		[[ -z $BOOTSIZE || $BOOTSIZE -le 8 ]] && BOOTSIZE=64 # MiB
+	elif [[ $ROOTFS_TYPE != ext4 && $ROOTFS_TYPE != nfs ]]; then
+		# 2 partition setup for non-ext4 local root
+		local bootfs=ext4
+		local bootpart=1
+		local rootpart=2
+		[[ -z $BOOTSIZE || $BOOTSIZE -le 8 ]] && BOOTSIZE=64 # MiB
+	elif [[ $ROOTFS_TYPE == nfs ]]; then
+		# single partition ext4 /boot, no root
+		local bootfs=ext4
+		local bootpart=1
+		[[ -z $BOOTSIZE || $BOOTSIZE -le 8 ]] && BOOTSIZE=64 # MiB, For cleanup processing only
+	else
+		# single partition ext4 root
+		local rootpart=1
+		BOOTSIZE=0
+	fi
+
 	# stage: calculate rootfs size
 	local rootfs_size=$(du -sm $CACHEDIR/$SDCARD/ | cut -f1) # MiB
 	display_alert "Current rootfs size" "$rootfs_size MiB" "info"
@@ -319,28 +343,6 @@ prepare_partitions()
 	display_alert "Creating blank image for rootfs" "$sdsize MiB" "info"
 	dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M status=none count=$sdsize | pv -p -b -r -s $(( $sdsize * 1024 * 1024 )) | dd status=none of=$CACHEDIR/${SDCARD}.raw
 
-	# stage: determine partition configuration
-	if [[ $BOOTSIZE != 0 ]]; then
-		# fat32 /boot + ext4 or other root, deprecated
-		local bootfs=fat
-		local bootpart=1
-		local rootpart=2
-	elif [[ $ROOTFS_TYPE != ext4 && $ROOTFS_TYPE != nfs ]]; then
-		# ext4 /boot + non-ext4 root
-		BOOTSIZE=64 # MiB
-		local bootfs=ext4
-		local bootpart=1
-		local rootpart=2
-	elif [[ $ROOTFS_TYPE == nfs ]]; then
-		# ext4 /boot, no root
-		BOOTSIZE=64 # For cleanup processing only
-		local bootfs=ext4
-		local bootpart=1
-	else
-		# ext4 root
-		local rootpart=1
-	fi
-
 	# stage: calculate boot partition size
 	local bootstart=$(($OFFSET * 2048))
 	local rootstart=$(($bootstart + ($BOOTSIZE * 2048)))