Re: Softraid bootloader size allowance

2019-07-03 Thread Chris Ross
On Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 08:17:09PM +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > > Well, the question I had is: can I just make that whole block bigger. > > Thus making the partition lead-in bigger. Is there a reason that whole > > area can't just be enlarged? > > > > I'm rebuilding on a single-disk system an

Re: Softraid bootloader size allowance

2019-07-03 Thread Otto Moerbeek
On Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 02:05:24PM -0400, Chris Ross wrote: > On Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 04:20:59PM +0200, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > > Chris Ross: > > > > > Is there a hard reason SR_BOOT_LOADER_SIZE cannot be raised to sometime > > > larger, perhaps 1024 (instead of the current 320) ? > > > >

Re: Softraid bootloader size allowance

2019-07-03 Thread Chris Ross
On Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 04:20:59PM +0200, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > Chris Ross: > > > Is there a hard reason SR_BOOT_LOADER_SIZE cannot be raised to sometime > > larger, perhaps 1024 (instead of the current 320) ? > > That size is part of the disk layout. > > Looking at , the layout of a

Re: Softraid bootloader size allowance

2019-07-03 Thread Christian Weisgerber
Chris Ross: > Is there a hard reason SR_BOOT_LOADER_SIZE cannot be raised to sometime > larger, perhaps 1024 (instead of the current 320) ? That size is part of the disk layout. Looking at , the layout of a softraid partition is this: 16 sectors, unused (potential disklabel, boot block)

Softraid bootloader size allowance

2019-07-01 Thread Chris Ross
Hey there. I thought to put this here, instead of openbsd-misc, as it's a suggestion more than a question I think. Let me know if a more discussion mailer would be better. Following troubles I've been having getting a sparc64 to boot from a softraid mirror