Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:19:48 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 192962] New: Boot loader too large with Aug-11 FreeBSD/i386 11-CURRENT snapshot Message-ID: <bug-192962-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D192962 Bug ID: 192962 Summary: Boot loader too large with Aug-11 FreeBSD/i386 11-CURRENT snapshot Product: Base System Version: 11.0-CURRENT Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: Needs Triage Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: joel@FreeBSD.org Today I installed 11-CURRENT from the 20140811 FreeBSD/i386 snapshot on my = IBM T43 laptop but encountered some problems. The memstick installation went fi= ne and I pretty much used default values everywhere, but upon reboot I get =E2= =80=9DBoot loader too large=E2=80=9D. Nothing more. The freebsd-boot partition seems to be too big, so I had to manually resize= it to 512k with gpart[*] after the installation. The default value was 800. It booted OK after this change. This is really annoying. Manual tinkering shouldn't be required IMHO. Why i= sn't it set to 512k by default if it works? The handbook (2.6.3) says the following: =E2=80=9Dthe freebsd-boot partitio= n should be no larger than 512K due to current boot code limitations=E2=80=9D. So it fe= els weird that the installer chooses a different value. [*] gpart resize -i 1 -s 512k ada1 --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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