Subject: Re: Boot floppy overflow
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.org, port-i386@NetBSD.org>
From: Kazushi (Jam) Marukawa <jam@pobox.com>
List: current-users
Date: 10/31/2006 21:56:26
Bootfloopy-big has been being overflowed as Andreas reported.  Today,
with 2006-10-30 12:00 UTC source, rescue-tiny is also overflowed.

  all ===> etc/i386/floppies/rescue-tiny
  [...]
  gzip -9c netbsd.tmp > netbsd; rm -f netbsd.tmp
  #    create  rescue-tiny/rescue-tiny1.fs (from: boot USTAR.volsize.4540 netbsd)
  PAX=/mnt/raid/netbsd/current/src/obj/tooldir.NetBSD-4.99.3-i386/bin/nbpax /bin/sh /mnt/raid/netbsd/current/src/distrib/common/buildfloppies.sh  -i "/mnt/raid/netbsd/current/src/obj/tooldir.NetBSD-4.99.3-i386/bin/nbinstallboot  -mi386 @IMAGE
  @ /mnt/raid/netbsd/current/src/obj/destdir.i386/usr/mdec/bootxx_ustarfs" -p  -m 1 -s .fs  rescue-tiny 2400 boot USTAR.volsize.4540 netbsd
  Running instboot: /mnt/raid/netbsd/current/src/obj/tooldir.NetBSD-4.99.3-i386/bin/nbinstallboot -mi386 floppy.27847.tar /mnt/raid/netbsd/current/src/obj/destdir.i386/usr/mdec/bootxx_ustarfs
  Free space in last tar block: boot 236, netbsd 466,
  buildfloppies.sh: Image is 978 bytes (0 KB) too big to fit on 1 disk
  
  *** Failed target:  rescue-tiny1.fs

   On Oct 30, 14:06, Andreas Gustafsson wrote:
   > Subject: Boot floppy overflow
   > Building -current for i386 from yesterday's sources failed:
   > 
   >   all ===> etc/i386/floppies/bootfloppy-big
   >   [...]
   >   Running instboot: /usr/build/1017/tools/bin/nbinstallboot -mi386 floppy.9263.tar /usr/build/1017/destdir/usr/mdec/bootxx_ustarfs
   >   Free space in last tar block: boot 236, netbsd 184,
   >   buildfloppies.sh: Image is 6328 bytes (6 KB) too big to fit on 1 disk
   > 
   >   *** Failed target:  boot-big1.fs
   > 
   > -- 
   > Andreas Gustafsson, gson@gson.org
   > 
   >-- End of excerpt from Andreas Gustafsson

-- Kazushi