Re: install/42146: sparc install floppy overflow

[Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR install/42146; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: install-manager%NetBSD.org@localhost, gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost, 
netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost,
        mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost, tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost
Subject: Re: install/42146: sparc install floppy overflow
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:52:36 +0900

 mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost wrote:
 
 >     - switch to using ustarfs based boot floppies with RAMDISK kernel
 >       (I don't know reason why sparc doesn't use it)
 >  
 >  
 >  ustarfs is newer than sparc floppy install support.
 >  
 >  
 >  i think this is the best idea.
 
 It may require more confirmation, but there are may other bugs
 around floppy boot ;-(
 
 The simple workaround for overflow is building miniroot with -Os
 because instfs uses miniroot objects. Is it acceptable for 5.1?
 
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 Index: sparc/miniroot/Makefile.inc
 ===================================================================
 RCS file: /cvsroot/src/distrib/sparc/miniroot/Makefile.inc,v
 retrieving revision 1.12
 diff -u -r1.12 Makefile.inc
 --- sparc/miniroot/Makefile.inc        13 Jun 2004 05:27:18 -0000      1.12
 +++ sparc/miniroot/Makefile.inc        15 Oct 2009 15:44:52 -0000
 @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
  #     $NetBSD: Makefile.inc,v 1.12 2004/06/13 05:27:18 sjg Exp $
  
  IMAGESIZE=    8192k
 +DBG=          -Os
  MAKEFS_FLAGS=   -o density=4k
  IMAGEENDIAN=  be
  MAKEDEVTARGETS=       all
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 % ls -l instfs.tgz 
 -r--r--r--  1 tsutsui  wheel  1450904 Oct 15 00:32 instfs.tgz
 
 (on netbsd-5 branch)
 
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 BTW, we should also update install notes to pull MI sysinst description.
 
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 Izumi Tsutsui