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Date:      Sun, 15 Dec 2002 10:16:39 +0100
From:      phk@FreeBSD.org
To:        "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/boot2 Makefile boot1.s 
Message-ID:  <50107.1039943799@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 14 Dec 2002 20:25:42 EST." <200212150125.gBF1Pgmi014338@green.bikeshed.org> 

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In message <200212150125.gBF1Pgmi014338@green.bikeshed.org>, "Brian F. Feldman"
 writes:

>I don't think it's worth bothering trying to get it smaller, since the UFS2 
>partitions have enough space for up to 64KB of boot code anyway.

Getting the bootblocks to fit in the traditional 8k is very valuable as
it removes a ton of foot-shooting opportunities for users.

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