From owner-cvs-all Mon Jan 7 10:54:48 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE08B37B404; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 10:54:41 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g07IseP11146; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 19:54:40 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 19:54:40 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: John Baldwin Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, Sheldon Hearn Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/release/sysinstall install.c Message-ID: <20020107195440.A11126@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20020107140906.A9972@freebie.xs4all.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from jhb@FreeBSD.org on Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 10:26:44AM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.5-PRERELEASE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 10:26:44AM -0800, John Baldwin wrote: > > On 07-Jan-02 Wilko Bulte wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 07, 2002 at 03:00:21PM +0200, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Mon, 07 Jan 2002 04:44:29 PST, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > >> > >> > Modified files: (Branch: RELENG_4) > >> > release/sysinstall install.c > >> > Log: > >> > MFC rev 1.316: revert to old newfs 8192/1024 block/frag sizes on the > >> > alpha > >> > >> This is required to avoid triggering whatever bugs exist in the Alpha > >> boot code that prevent it from using a root partition with a block size > >> other than 8192. > >> > >> If anyone has any great ideas for a low impact method of reducing the > >> effect of this regression to just the root partition on Alphas for > >> 4.5-RELEASE, I'm all ears. :-) > > > > Strange.. 2 hours ago I tested my RC0 snapshot (so without this revert) > > on a DS20 and it boots just fine after the install. > > > > What errros do you get? > > Humm, see the '-CURRENT boot1 broken?' thread in -alpha from a week or so ago. > Christan "naddy" noted that either boot1 or perhaps Weisgerber > the loader blew up when he reinstalled current with 16384/2048. Reformatting > the disk as 8192/1024 fixed his problem. Apparantly current != releng_4 for this one as I did not see it when trying my RC0 miniinst. The default for sysinstalls was/is 16386/2048 (before this commit I mean) right? I just accepted sysinstalls defaults I mean. Wilko -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, The Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message