Luciano Rabelo, On Tuesday July 01, 2003 10:19, Luciano Rabelo wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to create a stand-alone boot floppy with mkbootdisk. > Can any one help me? > > # mkbootdisk -v --device /tmp/mkbootdisk/test 2.4.18-14smp > Formatting /tmp/mkbootdisk/test... done. > Copying /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-14smp... done. > Creating initrd image... > gzip: stdout: No space left on device > done. > Configuring bootloader... cat: write error: No space left on device > done. > #
The SMP kernel (as shipped w/RH) will not fit on a standard floppy. The error is coming from the implied (by lack of specifying) "--size 1440". So the image is always running out of room. The kernels are getting bigger, and floppies are more and more obsolete. So here are your options... 1. Use a CD - Specify the --iso option to mkbootdisk and use that to burn a bootable CD. 2. Use an alternate floppy image size. Most drives support a variety of image sizes. Here's how... A. Determine what your floppy drive can handle. # floppy --createrc > /etc/floppy # floppy -c /dev/fd0 B. Create a boot disk with a larger but supported size... Note : The sizes will be shown in the above commands by something like "/dev/fd0u1840". Use the number after the "u" there. # mkbootdisk --size 1840 --verbose --device /dev/fd0 `uname -r` HTH. -- Brian Ashe CTO Dee-Web Software Services, LLC. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.dee-web.com/ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
