Note root partition size limitations on certain sparc and sparc64 models
(taken from the boot(8) manual pages).
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.\" $NetBSD: prep,v 1.24 2008/09/07 05:11:55 tsutsui Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: prep,v 1.25 2008/11/20 20:52:17 jdc Exp $
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.Ss2 Configuring your PROM
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.Pa /usr .
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.Pp
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Most sparc systems have trouble booting if the root partition extends
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beyond the first 2 GB of your disk.
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Note that there are limitations on the size of the root partition for
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various models.
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.Pp
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On sun4 machines, the
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.Nx
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sparc boot loader can only boot from RAID partitions that start at the
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beginning of the disk.
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.Pp
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On sun4 and early PROM version sun4c machines, the PROM can only boot from
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the first 1Gb of the disk.
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.Pp
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On later PROM version sun4c and early PROM version sun4m machines, the PROM
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can only boot from the first 2Gb of the disk.
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.Pp
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On later PROM version sun4m machines, the PROM can only boot from the first
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4Gb of the disk.
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.Ss2 Configuration of network interfaces
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.\" $NetBSD: prep,v 1.12 2004/10/01 23:36:35 hubertf Exp $
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.\" $NetBSD: prep,v 1.13 2008/11/20 20:52:17 jdc Exp $
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.Ss2 Deciding on partition sizes
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A good initial size for the swap partition is the amount of physical
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memory in your machine, if you've got more than 128 MB RAM. If you've got
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less RAM, you may want swap to be at least 128 MB.
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.Pp
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Note that the OBP on Ultra 1 and Ultra 2 machines can only boot from the first
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4Gb of the disk, so this limits the size of the root parition on these models.
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.Ss2 Setting up Open Firmware
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