From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 24 09:19:48 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2A3A58B0 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:19:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::16:76]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1132D3901 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:19:48 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bugs.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.118]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id s7O9JlJr004837 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:19:47 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) 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 Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:19:48 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: new X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Base System X-Bugzilla-Component: bin X-Bugzilla-Version: 11.0-CURRENT X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Only Me X-Bugzilla-Who: joel@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Status: Needs Triage X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: bug_id short_desc product version rep_platform op_sys bug_status bug_severity priority component assigned_to reporter Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 09:19:48 -0000 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.=