FC1.0 Install in VMWare VM

Matthew Rex mrex at bigpond.com
Fri Nov 21 08:01:53 UTC 2003


clemens at dwf.com wrote:

>>I'm installing Fedora Core 1.0 in a VMWare VM.
>>I created a 6G virtual disk and am trying to install
>>all packages.  So far, I have two problems:
>>
>>1.  At the end of the install, it prompts me to make a
>>     boot floppy, but then says the modules required are
>>     too large to fit on a floppy.   What would be so
>>     special about the VM environment that it needs
>>     so many packages that it can't make a boot disk?
>>
>>    
>>
>Its not a VMWare specific message.  I got the same thing installing
>on a PIII with no special hardware on it.
>
>  
>
Did you use LVM for the install? I get this message when trying to make 
a boot disk for an install on LVM partitions. Same thing happens in 
Redhat 9. No VMware involved.





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