Subject: port-i386/20990: i386 bootblocks break on 64K block (raid) filesystem
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <abs@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 04/03/2003 18:54:02
>Number: 20990
>Category: port-i386
>Synopsis: i386 bootblocks break on 64K block (raid) filesystem
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: port-i386-maintainer
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Apr 03 09:55:00 PST 2003
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Charlie Root
>Release: NetBSD 1.6.1
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD zelda.purplei.com 1.6.1 NetBSD 1.6.1 (_GATEWAY_) #0: Thu Apr 3 10:11:16 UTC 2003 abs@oni.i.purplei.com:/tmp/_GATEWAY_ i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
The i386 bootblock fail to load a kernel from a raid1 filesystem with
64K blocksize. Recreating the filesystem with 32K blocksize results
in a successful boot.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
Fix bootblocks, or document limitation (loudly).
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: