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port-hp700/45742: sysinst should warn about PDC's 2GB limit for boot partition
>Number: 45742
>Category: port-hp700
>Synopsis: sysinst should warn about PDC's 2GB limit for boot partition
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: port-hp700-maintainer
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Sun Dec 25 17:15:00 +0000 2011
>Originator: Sergey Svishchev
>Release: NetBSD 5.99.59
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
Neither sysinst nor install notes mention that PDC (firmware) cannot boot
from a partition greater than 2GB in size.
>How-To-Repeat:
Install http://nyftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD-daily/HEAD/201112220420Z/hp700/ on
a B180L.
In sysinst, use existing partitions on disk (manually partitioned beforehand).
The only warning is
installboot: WARNING: Partition `a' of `/dev/rsd0c' exceeds 2GB boundary.
installboot: WARNING: It won't boot since hp700 PDC can handle only 2GB.
Installation completes without error, but boot fails:
NetBSD/hp700 FFS/LFS Primary Bootstrap
32bit firmware
booting from partition a
boot partition exceeds 2GB boundary
boot partition (a-p, ! to reboot) [a]:
>Fix:
>Unformatted:
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