Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 14:04:35 -0400 From: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot loaders got fatter in the last few days Message-ID: <56EC4333.7050201@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <56EC4269.2030704@multiplay.co.uk> References: <56EC2DD3.6050803@madpilot.net> <184a723793384094ded3c6037dd19529@mail.yourbox.net> <56EC400E.5030207@madpilot.net> <56EC4269.2030704@multiplay.co.uk>
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On 2016-03-18 14:01, Steven Hartland wrote: > > On 18/03/2016 17:51, Guido Falsi wrote: >> On 03/18/16 17:54, José Pérez wrote: >>> Hi Guido, >>> maybe it's because of this: >>> https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=296963 >>> >> I see. >> >> There is a problem with this though, we have howtos suggesting 64K for >> the size of the freebsd-boot gpt partition: >> >> https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/RAIDZ1 >> >> now that size isn't sufficient anymore. We should at least update these >> information soon. >> >> Also repartitioning could be problematic in certain scenarios. I think >> this change should be at least published in UPDATING and maybe also in >> the future release notes for 11.0. >> >> Personally I'll find a way of reorganizing my disks to fit this change, >> but it's something that could byte users. >> > Yes indeed I would suggest if we increase it we do by a decent amount > e.g. jump straight to 1MB. > > Regards > Steve > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Due to limitations in the assembly bits (pmbr.S) the maximum size is 545kb, so the zfsboot part of the install creates 512kb partitions by default -- Allan Jude
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