diff --git a/flashrd b/flashrd
index 54f8ba2e..0173cfca 100755
--- a/flashrd
+++ b/flashrd
@@ -6,22 +6,22 @@
 
 date=`date +%Y%m%d`
 arch=`uname -m`
-vers=20120523
+vers=20120826
 
 export device=vnd3	# least likely to conflict ?
 export rootdevice=vnd2	# used to mount flash vnd for writing of stuff inside
-export blocks=7480	# blocks to reserve for kernel ramdisk
-export szezroot=szez.$arch-$date	# 7480 flash root
+export blocks=8000	# blocks to reserve for kernel ramdisk
+export szezroot=szez.$arch-$date	# 8000 flash root
 export dest=flashimg.$arch-$date	# final product
 
 export vnddirs="root bin etc sbin usr"	# must match vnddirs= in stand/rc and fstab
 export vndsize="102400 auto 102400 auto auto"	# min partition sizes (or auto) (in 512 byte sectors)
 
 export tardirs="var"			# must match tardirs= in stand/rc and rc.conf.local
-set -A tarsize 65536			# mfs sizes for tar dirs (in 512 byte sectors)
+set -A tarsize 131072			# mfs sizes for tar dirs (in 512 byte sectors)
 
 export mfsdirs="tmp"			# mfs-only dirs
-set -A mfssize 16384			# mfs sizes (in 512 byte sectors)
+set -A mfssize 32768			# mfs sizes (in 512 byte sectors)
 
 set -A part a d e f g h i j k l m n o p
 
diff --git a/mkboot b/mkboot
index 8cd3501d..6ef02a78 100755
--- a/mkboot
+++ b/mkboot
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ vnuncfgroot() {
 tmplabel=`mktemp /tmp/mkbootlabel.XXXXXXXX`
 
 if [ -z "$novnd" ]; then
+
  # Create vnd image, must zero out the first few sectors or else disklabel freaks out...
  c 0 "dd if=/dev/zero bs=$bytessec count=$bytessec of=$dest > /dev/null 2>&1"
  vncfgroot $dest
@@ -59,11 +60,9 @@ if [ -z "$novnd" ]; then
  c 1 disklabel $rootdevice > $tmplabel
  totalsize=$((cylinders * trackscylinder * sectorstrack))
  sectorscylinder=$((totalsize / cylinders))
+
 else
- # This probably isn't important as of OpenBSD 4.8 because disklabel
- # now ignores geometry specified by -R command.  Flag for removal
- # after further analysis. XXX
- #
+
  # Disk specified, use default kernel geometry
  c 0 "fdisk -f $distloc/usr/mdec/mbr -yi $rootdevice >/dev/null 2>&1"
  c 0 disklabel $rootdevice > $tmplabel
@@ -73,6 +72,7 @@ else
  sectorscylinder=`awk -F: ' /^sectors\/cylinder:/ {print $2} ' $tmplabel`
  trackscylinder=`awk -F: ' /^tracks\/cylinder:/ {print $2} ' $tmplabel`
  cylinders=`awk -F: ' /^cylinders:/ {print $2} ' $tmplabel`
+
 fi
 
 totalmbytes=$((((totalsize / 1024) * bytessec) / 1024))
@@ -81,10 +81,6 @@ echo "Using disk geometry $cylinders/$trackscylinder/$sectorstrack ($totalmbytes
 # Main partition comprises the total disk, minus first sector
 asize=$((totalsize - sectorstrack))
 
-# This probably isn't important as of OpenBSD 4.8 because disklabel
-# now ignores geometry specified by -R command.  Flag for removal
-# after further analysis. XXX
-#
 # Remove most disklabel info, write disk geometry, partitions
 egrep -v "^type:|^boundstart:|^boundend:|^total sectors:|^bytes/sector:|^sectors/track:|^sectors/cylinder:|^tracks/cylinder:|^cylinders:|^  .:|^#|^. partitions:|^.. partitions:|^$" < $tmplabel > ${tmplabel}.new
 cat >> ${tmplabel}.new <<-EOF