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Date:      Sun, 20 Apr 2003 12:23:19 -0700
From:      David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>, Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG>, Manfred Antar <null@pozo.com>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: UFS2 now the default creation type on 5.0-CURRENT
Message-ID:  <20030420192319.GB4963@HAL9000.homeunix.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030420181949.GA53778@dragon.nuxi.com>
References:  <5.2.1.1.2.20030420080745.00a80490@pozo.com> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1030420112741.16891g-100000@fledge.watson.org> <20030420181949.GA53778@dragon.nuxi.com>

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On Sun, Apr 20, 2003, David O'Brien wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 20, 2003 at 11:31:21AM -0400, Robert Watson wrote:
> > There were initially some size glitches because UFS2 required additional
> > 64-bit operations in the boot record, and that exceeded the space at the
> > front of the file system, but I believe that has now been resolved.
> 
> s/resolved/hacked around/
[...]
> revision 1.10
> date: 2003-02-24 04:57:01;  author: mckusick;  state: Exp;  lines: +2 -0
> Revert to old (broken for over 1.5Tb filesystems) version of cgbase
> so that boot loader once again will fit.

It might be worth noting the size limit on the root filesystem
somewhere for the unfortunate person who decides not to partition.


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