Re: port-hp700/45742: sysinst should warn about PDC's 2GB limit for boot partition

[Nick Hudson <nick.hudson%gmx.co.uk@localhost>]

On Sunday 25 December 2011 17:15:00 shattered%netbsd.org@localhost wrote:
> >Synopsis:       sysinst should warn about PDC's 2GB limit for boot
[...]
> >Description:
> Neither sysinst nor install notes mention that PDC (firmware) cannot boot
> from a partition greater than 2GB in size.

Using the sysinst "Set sizes of NetBSD partitions" option does limit root to 
2GB. 

> 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.

Isn't this warning good enough? I look into adding a note to the install 
notes.

Nick