Subject: Re: Any HD size limitations on boot disk?
To: Martin Stark <Martin.Stark@rz-online.de>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
List: port-pmax
Date: 01/09/2000 13:00:46
Martin Stark wrote:

> NetBSD Bob wrote:
> > 
> > Are there any disk size limitations in NetBSD on 2100, 3100, 5000 class
> > machines for the boot drive?  The VAXen have a 1 gig rom disk limit,
> > but I was wondering about the MIPS things?
> 
> I don't know whether I meet your question exactly but...
> 
> yesterday I installed a new NetBSD 1.4.1 over my home network onto a
> IBM 18 GB SCSI disk (ok, a little oversized, but just to try it...)
> in a DECstation 2100.

How big was the root filesystem?  Some proms may have a problem booting
of a > 1GB or 2GB partition.  I don't have any direct evidence of this
since all of my disks are RZ28 (2GB) or smaller...

Simon.