Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 18:01:13 +0000 From: Steven Hartland <killing@multiplay.co.uk> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: boot loaders got fatter in the last few days Message-ID: <56EC4269.2030704@multiplay.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <56EC400E.5030207@madpilot.net> References: <56EC2DD3.6050803@madpilot.net> <184a723793384094ded3c6037dd19529@mail.yourbox.net> <56EC400E.5030207@madpilot.net>
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On 18/03/2016 17:51, Guido Falsi wrote: > On 03/18/16 17:54, José Pérez wrote: >> Hi Guido, >> maybe it's because of this: >> https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=296963 >> > I see. > > There is a problem with this though, we have howtos suggesting 64K for > the size of the freebsd-boot gpt partition: > > https://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/RAIDZ1 > > now that size isn't sufficient anymore. We should at least update these > information soon. > > Also repartitioning could be problematic in certain scenarios. I think > this change should be at least published in UPDATING and maybe also in > the future release notes for 11.0. > > Personally I'll find a way of reorganizing my disks to fit this change, > but it's something that could byte users. > Yes indeed I would suggest if we increase it we do by a decent amount e.g. jump straight to 1MB. Regards Steve
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