Subject: Re: build.sh release failure on alpha (-current)
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Y. Takizawa <you@nightbreak.org>
List: current-users
Date: 12/26/2004 05:53:48
In message ``Re: build.sh release failure on alpha (-current)''
	Fri Dec 24 16:54:41 JST 2004,
	wrstuden@NetBSD.org (Bill Studenmund) writes:

> > Maybe SRM firmware also read just 16 sectors (8192 bytes)
> > at boot. Now I have no idea to fix this problem.
> 
> ffs's superblock is at 8k in. So the boot code HAS to stop before it.


Now I found the restriction at installboot(8)...

By the way, I used 2.0 boot floppies to write the primary
bootstrap program for booting the secondary bootstrap and
kernel program of current, it seems to be OK. Please tell
me suggestions if it is wrong.

--
Y. Takizawa
you@nightbreak.org, takizawa@computer.org