Mkbootdisk??

[Jeff Vian]

On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 05:08, antonio montagnani wrote:
> I tried to make a bootdisk...this is what I get (errore di scrittura 
> means writing error).
> What does it mean?
> 
> [root at Fedora antonio]# uname -a
> Linux Fedora 2.6.8-1.521 #1 Mon Aug 16 09:01:18 EDT 2004 i686 i686 i386 
> GNU/Linux
> [root at Fedora antonio]# /sbin/mkbootdisk 2.6.8-1.521
> Insert a disk in /dev/fd0. Any information on the disk will be lost.
> Press <Enter> to continue or ^C to abort:
> cp: scrittura di `/tmp/mkbootdisk.Kt2884/initrd.img': No space left on 
> device
> cat: errore di scrittura: No space left on device
> cat: errore di scrittura: No space left on device
> entrati 20+0 record
> usciti 20+0 record
> [root at Fedora antonio]#
> 
> Tnx

This means exactly what it says.  The diskette is full.

It has been discussed many times on this list.  The new 2.6.X kernels
are too large to make a floppy for booting.  Read the archives for
details and solutions.  

There also is a boot CDROM image that can be used.