Date: 23 Sep 2002 14:08:11 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com> To: Nicholas Esborn <nick@netdot.net> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Practical limit for pre-loaded md_image size? Message-ID: <441y7ksho4.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20020922201441.GB54982@carbon.berkeley.netdot.net> References: <20020922081120.GA54982@carbon.berkeley.netdot.net> <20020922181917.GB46345@xor.obsecurity.org> <20020922201441.GB54982@carbon.berkeley.netdot.net>
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Nicholas Esborn <nick@netdot.net> writes: > I've tried this on two machines: > > 1 4.7-RC w/ 512 MB of RAM > 2 5.0-CURRENT w/ 256 MB of RAM > > Both behave the same way with a ~128MB md_image. Did you check the manual? It says: "The default maximum size of a md disk backed by malloc(9) is 20,000 sectors of 512 bytes each. This can be changed with the kernel option MD_NSECT." > -nick > > On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 11:19:18AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 01:11:20AM -0700, Nicholas Esborn wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I've been trying to boot a kernel and a preloaded md_image of about 128MB. > > > > > > The kernel and image load, and then about a quarter of a second after the > > > kernel executes, before any text even prints, the machine reboots. > > > > > > Has anyone had better luck with large md_image root filesystems? > > > > You forgot to mention how much RAM you have, and what FreeBSD version. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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