Re: newfs_msdos on install media ?

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

On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 03:34:31PM -0800, John Nemeth wrote:
> On Dec 24,  8:31pm, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> } Subject: Re: newfs_msdos on install media ?
> } 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:
> } > >
> } > > 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 ?
> 
>      That's interesting.  From what version of NetBSD is that gpt(8)?

HEAD as of yesterday

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