Subject: Re: Installfest report (alpha/pmax/hp300)
To: None <port-pmax@mail.netbsd.org>
From: Michael L. Hitch <mhitch@lightning.msu.montana.edu>
List: current-users
Date: 09/30/2000 11:10:25
On Sat, 30 Sep 2000, Michael L. Hitch wrote:

>   The pmax used to detect that the disk label was from the miniroot
> install image and adjust the disklabel to reflect the true size of
> the disk.  I'd guess that this got broken somewhere along the way and
> should be fixed.

  Ah, I think I see what happened.  When the pmax install process
switched to a gzipped kernel containing a memory disk, the labeling
of the disk image changed, and no longer matches what the kernel
is looking for to detect the intall miniroot image.> 

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Michael L. Hitch			mhitch@montana.edu
Computer Consultant
Information Technology Center
Montana State University	Bozeman, MT	USA