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=192962 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 fine and I pretty much used default values everywhere, but upon reboot I get ”Boot loader too large”. 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 isn't it set to 512k by default if it works? The handbook (2.6.3) says the following: ”the freebsd-boot partition should be no larger than 512K due to current boot code limitations”. So it feels weird that the installer chooses a different value. [*] gpart resize -i 1 -s 512k ada1 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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