Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 14:11:49 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Benjamin Kaduk <bjkfbsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Alie Tan <alie@afflemedialab.com> Subject: Re: Boot loader too large Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1407111407500.48512@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CAJ5_RoBbVRujYy5QUjSC8-d4JY_vJXOOZaGEGj068NMkKw_Xug@mail.gmail.com> References: <CANuCnH9K_wSPkgrAzujDG5M72Uvuvj0ooNN%2BFFLUCFsvv6b7Ow@mail.gmail.com> <CANuCnH_TYf0e_4xgju5QgR4bKJ_j1td9JrfADuncR4RXu7ssnQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAJ5_RoBbVRujYy5QUjSC8-d4JY_vJXOOZaGEGj068NMkKw_Xug@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 11 Jul 2014, Benjamin Kaduk wrote: > On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 7:07 AM, Alie Tan <alie@afflemedialab.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Alie Tan <alie@afflemedialab.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am getting Boot loader too large message while using >>> FreeBSD-11.0-CURRENT-i386-20140701-r268111-disc1.iso >>> >>> Is there any way to solve this issue? >>> >> Strange, resizing the freebsd-boot to 128k solved my issue. why default >> slice size making such issue? >> >> > Resizing to 128k from what value? > > I seem to recall that having larger freebsd-boot partitions caused problems. Up to 512K is okay, but larger than that is a problem for the bootcode. I suggest always using 512K, it's not like using less saves an appreciable amount of space. And bootcode grows sometimes.
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