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Re: install/42202 (boot installcd fails ((amd64/i386))



> Synopsis: boot installcd fails ((amd64/i386)

> Please provide more information on how the install CD fails. Thanks!

It looks now /boot becomes too large for bootxx_cd9660:

---
/*      $NetBSD: cdboot.S,v 1.8 2008/05/03 13:07:31 ad Exp $    */
 :
/*
 * This is a primary boot loader that loads a secondary boot loader
 * directly from CD without performing floppy/hard disk emulation as
 * described by the El Torito specification.
 *
 * TODO:
 *  - Support for loading secondary boot loader > 64kB
 */
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% tar ztvf base.tgz | grep mdec/boot
-r--r--r--  1 root     wheel      65628 Oct 19 05:31 ./usr/mdec/boot
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Shrinked /boot (by disabling unneeded FSes for bootcd) seems also working,
as well as the proposed fix by submitter.

(though I'm not sure why larger /boot still works on some machines)
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Izumi Tsutsui


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