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

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

The following reply was made to PR port-hp700/45742; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Nick Hudson <nick.hudson%gmx.co.uk@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: port-hp700-maintainer%netbsd.org@localhost,
 gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
 netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: port-hp700/45742: sysinst should warn about PDC's 2GB limit for 
boot partition
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:18:35 +0000

 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