Re: newfs_msdos on install media ?

[Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 12:32:24PM -0600, Jonathan A. Kollasch wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 07:09:50PM +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > Hello
> > I tried to setup a gpt boot on a 4Tb disk, following
> > http://www.netbsd.org/~mishka/gptboot/howto.html
> 
> These instructions are obsolete.  Booting NetBSD from GPT w/ PC-BIOS
> doesn't require a FAT file system.  I believe the method described at
> https://wiki.netbsd.org/users/jakllsch/gptboot/ still corresponds to the
> current architecture.

I tried, and I get:
# gpt biosboot dk0
gpt: /dev/rsd0: map entry doesn't fit media: new start + new size < start + size
(22 + 4ffffde < 1000 + 5000000)
[1]   Segmentation fault (core dumped) gpt biosboot dk0

# gpt show sd0
       start        size  index  contents
           0           1         PMBR (active)
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34        4062         Unused
        4096    83886080      1  GPT part - NetBSD FFSv1/FFSv2
    83890176    16777216      2  GPT part - NetBSD swap
   100667392  7712268288      3  GPT part - NetBSD FFSv1/FFSv2
  7812935680        4063         Unused
  7812939743          32         Sec GPT table
  7812939775           1         Sec GPT header

any idea ?

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer%antioche.eu.org@localhost>
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