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