Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 16:52:56 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Cc: Jung-uk Kim <jkim@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Bigger boot block size? Message-ID: <200509081652.56550.peter@wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <200509081418.47794.jkim@FreeBSD.org> References: <200509081418.47794.jkim@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thursday 08 September 2005 11:18 am, Jung-uk Kim wrote: > I have been working on boot2 recently. I faced constant problem with > boot2 size limitation. Can we have bigger boot block size (aka > BBSIZE)? In the future, we may have to support different file system > to boot from and we won't have any space to add the support without > dropping UFS1 support. In fact, I am using 32-sector boot block and > I don't see any problem so far. The patch that I've been using is > attached. > > Cheers, > > Jung-uk Kim Well, the obvious problem is that this can't be used on a UFS1 partition which has just 8K reserved.. -- Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5
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