Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 12:19:34 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl>, Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/sysinstall install.c Message-ID: <XFMail.020109121934.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <52397.1010571796@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
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On 09-Jan-02 Sheldon Hearn wrote: > > > On Tue, 08 Jan 2002 15:52:48 GMT, Ian Dowse wrote: > >> I'm not sure, but something needs to be done before 4.5 anyway. > > That's what I thought when John first warned me about the bootstrap > issues. However, we've now had "no problem here" feedback from at least > one user in each of the i386 and alpha camps. > > Has anyone actually seen the bootstrap code actually cause a problem > with the new fs block/frag sizes? I realize that there's definitely > potential for disaster, but are we going to see it in 4.5-RELEASE if > nothing is changed? Sitting on a ticking time bomb usually isn't good practice. At least one -currnt user on alpha has had a problem and you would if you tried hard enough. Install a machine with a 16/2 root and try to boot the kernel from boot2 directly (instead of the loader) and see what happens. > Ciao, > Sheldon. -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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