From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 1 06:27:54 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7EC6C1065672 for ; Tue, 1 May 2012 06:27:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave@jetcafe.org) Received: from hugeraid.jetcafe.org (hugeraid.jetcafe.org [205.147.26.109]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4662A8FC20 for ; Tue, 1 May 2012 06:27:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hugeraid.jetcafe.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hugeraid.jetcafe.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q416L3DD030459 for ; Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:21:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <201205010621.q416L3DD030459@hugeraid.jetcafe.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.0.4 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <201204240710.q3O7AQaQ075735@hugeraid.jetcafe.org> References: <201204240710.q3O7AQaQ075735@hugeraid.jetcafe.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:21:03 -0700 From: Dave Hayes Subject: Re: Attempting to boot into ramdisk on 8.3 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 May 2012 06:27:54 -0000 Replying to myself here for the edification of those interested. A value of 320 for NKPT eliminated this crash, set in the kernel config file: options NKPT=320 For those of you with large ramdisk booting requirements, this one option will likely save you hours of trial and error. -- Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< None should say "I can trust" or "I cannot trust" until they are the master of the option of trusting or not trusting.