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Date:      Mon, 16 May 2011 12:18:19 -0700
From:      Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com>
To:        rank1seeker@gmail.com
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: MD ROOT and image size limitation (makes kernel panic)
Message-ID:  <BANLkTikVs4_DYzeut17h9Z3Op9PhrQ6Viw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20110516.183617.687.1@DEV>
References:  <20110516.183617.687.1@DEV>

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On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 11:36 AM,  <rank1seeker@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a 4 GB or ram, so why kernel panic with my MD ROOT, if larger then
> ~40 MB?
> I've tried to split up root in 20MB image and usr in 160 MB
> Via loader.conf root becomes md0 and usr md1 and panic occurs even when
> they are split
>
> I had to get rid of md1, to be able to boot with md0 as a root.
>
> What exactly imposes limitation, inside kernel's code to SIZE of an image?
> My hardware definatelly isn't ...
>
> Is this different on amd64?
> I've tested this, only with i386.

Screenshot please?
Thanks,
-Garrett



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