mkbootdisk failure

[Paul Howarth]

Eric.Coryell at rw.doe.gov wrote:
> Using Fedora Core 3.  Executing mkbootdisk generates a "no space left on
> device" message.
> Using the verbose option, it looks like the copy of initrd.img isn't
> completed.
> Mounting the boot disk, shows that vmlinuz is 1.423 Mbytes and initrd.img
> is 32256 bytes.
> Is there a reduced vmlinuz that I can use?

Unless you've got a very-much cut-down kernel, it's not going to fit on 
a floppy. You could, however, use the --iso option of mkbootdisk to 
create a boot CD image.

Paul.