Subject: Re: Boot image too big?
To: Richard Rauch <rkr@olib.org>
From: Nicolas Joly <njoly@pasteur.fr>
List: port-amd64
Date: 01/20/2004 19:07:53
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On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 11:33:10AM -0600, Richard Rauch wrote:
> I thought that it was about time that I had a fresh NetBSD-current CD for
> the AMD64.  (Intall media is like a life preserver: It's round,
> has a hole in the middle, and offers some psychological support needed.
> Plus, you can throw them...(^&)
> 
> 
> Anyway, after a kernel build issue (noted in a recent PR), I produced a
> complete build.   Ready for a CD?
> 
> Nope.  "./build.sh -u release" gets a ways along, then fails with:
> 
> buildfloppies.sh: Image is 24576 bytes (24 KB) too big to fit on 2 disks
> 
> 
> Is this a known problem?  Has it been this way for a while?  Should I
> file a PR?

I noticed this a few weeks ago ... And locally made some modifications
(attached) to allow release target.

-- 
Nicolas Joly

Biological Software and Databanks.
Institut Pasteur, Paris.

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Index: src/distrib/amd64/floppies/bootfloppy/Makefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/distrib/amd64/floppies/bootfloppy/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -r1.1 Makefile
--- src/distrib/amd64/floppies/bootfloppy/Makefile	2003/04/26 18:55:40	1.1
+++ src/distrib/amd64/floppies/bootfloppy/Makefile	2004/01/20 17:51:01
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.1 2003/04/26 18:55:40 fvdl Exp $
 
 FLOPPYBASE=	boot
-FLOPPYMAX=	2
+FLOPPYMAX=	3
 FLOPPYKERNEL=	netbsd-INSTALL.gz
 
 .include "${.CURDIR}/../common/Makefile.bootfloppy"
Index: src/distrib/amd64/floppies/bootfloppy-big/Makefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/distrib/amd64/floppies/bootfloppy-big/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -r1.1 Makefile
--- src/distrib/amd64/floppies/bootfloppy-big/Makefile	2003/04/26 18:55:40	1.1
+++ src/distrib/amd64/floppies/bootfloppy-big/Makefile	2004/01/20 17:51:01
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # be used to burn a CD.
 
 FLOPPYBASE=	boot-big
-FLOPPYSIZE=	5760
+FLOPPYSIZE=	5860
 FLOPPYPAD=	1
 FLOPPYKERNEL=	netbsd-INSTALL.gz
 
Index: src/distrib/amd64/floppies/bootfloppy-com/Makefile
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/src/distrib/amd64/floppies/bootfloppy-com/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -r1.2 Makefile
--- src/distrib/amd64/floppies/bootfloppy-com/Makefile	2003/07/26 08:32:18	1.2
+++ src/distrib/amd64/floppies/bootfloppy-com/Makefile	2004/01/20 17:51:01
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #	$NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.2 2003/07/26 08:32:18 dsl Exp $
 
 FLOPPYBASE=	boot-com
-FLOPPYMAX=	2
+FLOPPYMAX=	3
 FLOPPYKERNEL=	netbsd-INSTALL.gz
 FLOPPYBOOTOPTIONS=	-o console=com0
 

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