Subject: Re: i386-Can't boot NetBSD with large MEMORY_DISK_ROOT_SIZE
To: Eric Haszlakiewicz <erh@jodi.nimenees.com>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@netbsd.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 06/30/2004 14:41:38
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On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 10:08:45AM -0700, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 09:08:13AM -0500, Eric Haszlakiewicz wrote:
> > 	hmm.. that's odd.  I'm seem to be having a "too big" problem at
> > somewhere around 5mb.  (a 4mb kernel works, GENERIC doesn't.)  I suppose
> > I should probably try to narrow that down a bit.  (on a 333mhz imac, 96=
MB mem)
> > I vaguely remember someone mentioning they had the same problem, but I =
didn't
> > see a resolution.
>=20
> Make sure you have a new ofwboot.xcf. The old one booted to 0x640000. =20
> Given that the kernel loads at 0x100000, that leaves 0x540000 free, which
> is just over 5 MB.
>=20
> The new ofwboot, version 1.8 or later, loads at 0xE00000, leaving 0xD0000=
0=20
> free, which is 13 MB, no? The change happened in the late Feb/early March=
=20
> time frame.

Note to everyone: if you think you were seeing this problem before, please=
=20
try an ofwboot.xcf 1.8 or later. AFAIK the problem is fixed. If you think=
=20
the kernel size issue isn't, please mention that!

Take care,

Bill

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