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

["Jared D. McNeill" <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost>]

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From: "Jared D. McNeill" <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost>
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Subject: Re: install/42202 (boot installcd fails ((amd64/i386))
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:51:01 -0400

 Nice catch! I have trimmed some fat in /boot and can now produce an image < 
 64k, can you confirm that it works now?
 
 -rwxr-xr-x  1 jmcneill  users  65276 Oct 20 10:48 biosboot/boot
 
 Thanks,
 Jared
 
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 From: "Izumi Tsutsui" <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>
 Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 10:20 AM
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 Subject: Re: install/42202 (boot installcd fails ((amd64/i386))
 
 > The following reply was made to PR install/42202; it has been noted by 
 > GNATS.
 >
 > From: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc: install-manager%NetBSD.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, 
 > gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost,
 >        jmcneill%NetBSD.org@localhost, kosaki_kt%ybb.ne.jp@localhost, 
 > tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost
 > Subject: Re: install/42202 (boot installcd fails ((amd64/i386))
 > Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:17:56 +0900
 >
 > > 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
 >  */
 > ---
 > % tar ztvf base.tgz | grep mdec/boot
 > -r--r--r--  1 root     wheel      65628 Oct 19 05:31 ./usr/mdec/boot
 > ---
 >
 > 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)
 > ---
 > Izumi Tsutsui
 >
 >