-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Ron Stodden wrote: > 9.2 cannot produce a floppy boot disk! > > The installer option to produce a boot 1.44 floppy, if you can manage to > find it from its hiding place, produces only an ?Error!" message. > > That floppy will not boot the system. > > Trying explicitly leads to exactly the same behaviour and again produces > a disk which will not boot: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ron]# uname -r > 2.4.22-10mdk > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ron]# mkbootdisk 2.4.22-10mdk > Insert a disk in /dev/floppy/0. Any information on the disk will be lost. > Press <Enter> to continue or ^C to abort: > cp: writing `/tmp/mkbootdisk/initrd.img': No space left on device > Error ! > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ron]#
Get a bigger floppy disk, or use ext2 filesystems only, or provide a patch to make smaller kernels. > This is a very basic and essential requirement which should not be in > any way hidden. Haven't made a boot floppy (besides to install from) myself in over 2 years. > Using the rescue mode of CD1 remains the only way to recover from an > unbootable (lilo, grub, XOSL, etc.) system. hd or network installed > systems do not have any CDs, nor can they be made with mkcd on an > unbootable system. Catch 22? Rescue is available for network and hd installs. Have you tried it? I have used it a few times on a network install. Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/j8/NrJK6UGDSBKcRAlLTAKCG46c2MRg+TC2D4j61pIowW4tZcQCgowHp HDZp9w+d+NQy7+bZCPaPxzI= =o5Uh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
