Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 20:59:34 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/sysinstall install.c Message-ID: <20020107205934.B11743@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.020107115532.jhb@FreeBSD.org>; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 11:55:32AM -0800 References: <20020107195440.A11126@freebie.xs4all.nl> <XFMail.020107115532.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 11:55:32AM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 07-Jan-02 Wilko Bulte wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 10:26:44AM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: > >> > >> On 07-Jan-02 Wilko Bulte wrote: > >> > On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 03:00:21PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Mon, 07 Jan 2002 04:44:29 PST, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_4) > >> >> > release/sysinstall install.c > >> >> > Log: > >> >> > MFC rev 1.316: revert to old newfs 8192/1024 block/frag sizes on the > >> >> > alpha > >> >> > >> >> This is required to avoid triggering whatever bugs exist in the Alpha > >> >> boot code that prevent it from using a root partition with a block size > >> >> other than 8192. > >> >> > >> >> If anyone has any great ideas for a low impact method of reducing the > >> >> effect of this regression to just the root partition on Alphas for > >> >> 4.5-RELEASE, I'm all ears. :-) > >> > > >> > Strange.. 2 hours ago I tested my RC0 snapshot (so without this revert) > >> > on a DS20 and it boots just fine after the install. > >> > > >> > What errros do you get? > >> > >> Humm, see the '-CURRENT boot1 broken?' thread in -alpha from a week or so > >> ago. > >> Christan "naddy" <can't remember last name> noted that either boot1 or > >> perhaps > > > > Weisgerber > > > >> the loader blew up when he reinstalled current with 16384/2048. > >> Reformatting > >> the disk as 8192/1024 fixed his problem. > > > > Apparantly current != releng_4 for this one as I did not see it when trying > > my RC0 miniinst. The default for sysinstalls was/is 16386/2048 (before this > > commit I mean) right? I just accepted sysinstalls defaults I mean. > > Hmm, perhaps sysinstall is overriding newfs in stable still? We should see if No, it is not according to dumpfs: # dumpfs / magic 11954 time Mon Jan 7 19:31:24 2002 id [ 3c39f491 5bc0397e ] cylgrp dynamic inodes 4.4BSD nbfree 5229 ndir 78 nifree 14972 nffree 430 ncg 1 ncyl 65 size 65540 blocks 64499 bsize 16384 shift 14 mask 0xffffc000 fsize 2048 shift 11 mask 0xfffff800 -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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