Subject: install/18761: tiny boot disk has wrong default kernel
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <carrie@cjones.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/22/2002 04:19:41
>Number: 18761
>Category: install
>Synopsis: tiny installation installs generic kernel (6mb)
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: install-manager
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Oct 21 21:18:00 PDT 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Carrie Jones
>Release: NetBSD 1.6
>Organization:
cjones.org
>Environment:
System: NetBSD grogette 1.6 NetBSD 1.6 (GENERIC_TINY) #0: Sun Sep 8 19:47:16 UTC 2002 autobuild@tgm.daemon.org:/autobuild/i386/OBJ/autobuild/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/GENERIC_TINY i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
Install tiny boot disk installs generic kernel for large install
by default. Custom installation must be used to replace the
large kernel with the tiny kernel.
>How-To-Repeat:
Install from tiny boot disk. Try booting on a computer with less
than 8mg of memory. Failure to boot will occur.
>Fix:
Work-around: select custom installation, deselect large generic
kernel, select tiny kernel, continue with install.
Fix: Make tiny boot disk select tiny kernel by default.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: