>Number:         7051
>Category:       port-i386
>Synopsis:       the X86 -current boot disks don't work at all
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    port-i386-maintainer (NetBSD/i386 Portmaster)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Feb 25 20:20:01 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Paul Dokas
>Organization:
	University of Minnesota, Department of Computer Science
>Release:        NetBSD-current 02/25/99
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD test248 1.3I NetBSD 1.3I (CTHULHU) #0: Wed Feb 24 09:22:50 CST 1999 root@test248:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/CTHULHU i386


>Description:
	The X86 boot disks, as built in /usr/src/distrib/i386/floppies/, don't
	work.  I get the following during the boot process:

	   1490944+1695744
	   Please remove disk 1, insert disk2, and type return...
	   +139108+[85056+407799962]read strings

	and then the machine locks up.  Obviously, the size of the symbol
	table is wrong.

>How-To-Repeat:
	build X86 boot floppies and try them out.

>Fix:
	The 'read strings' message comes from
	/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/stand/lib/loadfile.c line 573.  From inspection
	of the code, it appears that the size of the symbol table as stored
	in the kernel is totally bogus.  Or, there's an int/long problem in
	loadfile.c
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: