fc3t2: mkbootdisk does not work with floppy disk

Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha strange at nsk.no-ip.org
Mon Sep 20 22:40:10 UTC 2004


On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 11:53:43PM +0200, D. Stolte wrote:
> [root at gateway boot]# mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.6.8-1.541
> Insert a disk in /dev/fd0. Any information on the disk will be lost.
> Press <Enter> to continue or ^C to abort:
> cp: writing `/tmp/mkbootdisk.WB6069/initrd.img': No space left on device
> cat: write error: No space left on device
> cat: write error: No space left on device
> 20+0 records in
> 20+0 records out
> 
> booting from this floppy does not work, of course.

Booting from floppy is not supported. The kernel has gotten pretty
big...

Regards,
Luciano Rocha





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