Nicholas Esborn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I've tried this on two machines:
> 
>  1 4.7-RC w/ 512 MB of RAM
>  2 5.0-CURRENT w/ 256 MB of RAM
> 
> Both behave the same way with a ~128MB md_image.

Did you check the manual?  It says: "The default maximum size of a md
disk backed by malloc(9) is 20,000 sectors of 512 bytes each.  This
can be changed with the kernel option MD_NSECT." 

> -nick
> 
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 11:19:18AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 01:11:20AM -0700, Nicholas Esborn wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I've been trying to boot a kernel and a preloaded md_image of about 128MB.
> > > 
> > > The kernel and image load, and then about a quarter of a second after the
> > > kernel executes, before any text even prints, the machine reboots.
> > > 
> > > Has anyone had better luck with large md_image root filesystems?
> > 
> > You forgot to mention how much RAM you have, and what FreeBSD version.

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