Re: Boot loader too large

From: Warren Block <wblock_at_wonkity.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 14:11:49 -0600 (MDT)
On Fri, 11 Jul 2014, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 7:07 AM, Alie Tan <alie_at_afflemedialab.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Alie Tan <alie_at_afflemedialab.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am getting Boot loader too large message while using
>>> FreeBSD-11.0-CURRENT-i386-20140701-r268111-disc1.iso
>>>
>>> Is there any way to solve this issue?
>>>
>> Strange, resizing the freebsd-boot to 128k solved my issue. why default
>> slice size making such issue?
>>
>>
> Resizing to 128k from what value?
>
> I seem to recall that having larger freebsd-boot partitions caused problems.

Up to 512K is okay, but larger than that is a problem for the bootcode. 
I suggest always using 512K, it's not like using less saves an 
appreciable amount of space.  And bootcode grows sometimes.
Received on Fri Jul 11 2014 - 18:11:54 UTC

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