Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 01:54:47 +0300 From: "Nikolay Denev" <nike_d@cytexbg.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Giant freakin' kernels?!? Message-ID: <005701c32eda$20076690$0300000a@niked> References: <87llwbqbhv.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net>
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>From http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.1R/relnotes-i386.html: > > "Due to code size limitations, the i386 boot loader can only load kernels > from root file systems that are 1.5TB or smaller in size." > >I originally parsed that as: > > "Due to code size limitations, the i386 boat loader can only load kernels > smaller than 1.5TB from root file systems." > >I was seriously impressed with the amount of big-iron testing on this >release until I re-read the sentence. >-- >Kirk Strauser >In Googlis non est, ergo non est. congrats, you have passed the reading comprehension test at your second attempt!... -- Cheers, Niki
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