> > Then this happend: > > boot> boot hd0a:/bsd > > booting hd0a:/bsd: / > > > > And it stops there. This is with the most recent snapshot. > > And now I installed again, but with auto layout of the partitions. And > now the machine boots. Is there a limit of how big / can be? > The machine have a 1TB disk. The attempt that failed I created a > root-fs that was 90% of the disk (and swap for the rest).
The biosboot (ie. boot sector) must be able to load the /boot file. Then, the /boot file must be able to load the kernel. Both need to be BIOS-reachable. You don't want a giant root file system. It won't work. We actually have other reasons to have our users not use giant root filesystems. It is not as secure.
