Re: install/42202 (boot installcd fails ((amd64/i386))

["Jared D. McNeill" <jmcneill%invisible.ca@localhost>]

Nice catch! I have trimmed some fat in /boot and can now produce an image < 
64k, can you confirm that it works now?

-rwxr-xr-x  1 jmcneill  users  65276 Oct 20 10:48 biosboot/boot

Thanks,
Jared

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From: "Izumi Tsutsui" <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 10:20 AM
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Subject: Re: install/42202 (boot installcd fails ((amd64/i386))

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> From: Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>
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> Cc: install-manager%NetBSD.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost, 
> gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost,
>        jmcneill%NetBSD.org@localhost, kosaki_kt%ybb.ne.jp@localhost, 
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> Subject: Re: install/42202 (boot installcd fails ((amd64/i386))
> Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:17:56 +0900
>
> > Synopsis: boot installcd fails ((amd64/i386)
>
> > Please provide more information on how the install CD fails. Thanks!
>
> It looks now /boot becomes too large for bootxx_cd9660:
>
> ---
> /*      $NetBSD: cdboot.S,v 1.8 2008/05/03 13:07:31 ad Exp $    */
>  :
> /*
>  * This is a primary boot loader that loads a secondary boot loader
>  * directly from CD without performing floppy/hard disk emulation as
>  * described by the El Torito specification.
>  *
>  * TODO:
>  *  - Support for loading secondary boot loader > 64kB
>  */
> ---
> % tar ztvf base.tgz | grep mdec/boot
> -r--r--r--  1 root     wheel      65628 Oct 19 05:31 ./usr/mdec/boot
> ---
>
> Shrinked /boot (by disabling unneeded FSes for bootcd) seems also working,
> as well as the proposed fix by submitter.
>
> (though I'm not sure why larger /boot still works on some machines)
> ---
> Izumi Tsutsui