From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 9 17:23:22 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1F7F1065818; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 17:22:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E60DA8FCA7; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 17:20:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from server.baldwin.cx (pool-98-109-39-197.nwrknj.fios.verizon.net [98.109.39.197]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8C23246B58; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 13:20:48 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (john@localhost [127.0.0.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by server.baldwin.cx (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n29HKJJf018829; Mon, 9 Mar 2009 13:20:42 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) From: John Baldwin To: Hiroharu Tamaru Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:01:58 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <200812091720.mB9HK1uY021743@freefall.freebsd.org> <200903021353.21920.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200903091001.58631.jhb@freebsd.org> X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (server.baldwin.cx [127.0.0.1]); Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:20:42 -0400 (EDT) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.94.2, clamav-milter version 0.94.2 on server.baldwin.cx X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.1 required=4.2 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00, DATE_IN_PAST_03_06 autolearn=ham version=3.1.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on server.baldwin.cx Cc: sobomax@freebsd.org, freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org, FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, pjd@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/129526: pxeboot fails to load kernel / modules X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:23:59 -0000 On Saturday 07 March 2009 1:01:05 pm Hiroharu Tamaru wrote: > Now the results: > > 1) The original pxeboot did not even stop by saying it > cannot find the root filesystem (as I reported for 7.0RC1 > pxeboot), but it silently blanked the screen out and hung > the system up. > --- I suppose the 8-current loader has grown even more? > By the way, if mfsroot.gz is unzip'ped to mfsroot, the > boot proceeds, as was so for the original 7.0RC1 pxeboot. > > 2) The patched pxeboot worked! > -- this is good, but was quite expected, right? > > 3) The patched pxeboot with LOADER_NO_GPT_SUPPORT="yes" in > /etc/make.conf gave the same symptom as the 7.0RC1 > pxeboot: it fails for gzip'ed mfsroot.gz saying the root > filesystem is not found, but succeeds for unzip'ped > mfsroot . > --- so, just removing the GPT parts are not enough, at > least for the pxeboot in current. > > and finally, FWIW, > 4) 7.0RC pxeboot hand-patched, and with > LOADER_NO_GPT_SUPPORT="yes" also failed, just like 3). > > > It sure helps the default pxeboot, so for me it is much > better if this is commited, but what would you say? Ok, I will commit it. It seems more than just GPT bloated the size too much. I'm not sure what that could be though. -- John Baldwin