Re: mkbootdisk failed - help!

[Michael Schwendt <ms-nospam-0306 arcor de>]

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On Tue, 1 Jul 2003 17:11:04 -192, Boozy wrote:

> I tought I wouldn't have problems with size because I am using a file...
> 
> [root saplnx01 root]# ls -l /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-14smp
> /boot/initrd-2.4.18-14*
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root       215754 May 27 09:58
> /boot/initrd-2.4.18-14.img
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root       220241 May 27 09:57
> /boot/initrd-2.4.18-14smp.img
> -rw-r--r--    1 root     root      1206433 Sep  4  2002
> /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-14smp

1206433+220241 = 1426674, onto a 3.5" floppy disk fit 1474560 bytes,
space left = 47886 bytes, looks a bit like that is not enough upon
gzip'ping the created initrd image

I think mkinitrd of Red Hat Linux 9 is smarter and copies the existing
initrd onto the bootdisk.

> How can I create a boot CD?

Option --iso: mkbootdisk --device boot.iso --iso 2.4.18-14smp

Then burn the ISO image to CD.

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