To quote D-Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # # I now have Debian bootable from loadlin (which is how my system is set # up). # # Now I want to make a backup boot disk on a floppy. I tried running # mkboot, but it gave some errors and the disk wasn't bootable # afterwards. # # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # Warning: device 0x1604 exceeds the 1024 cylinder limit # Fatal: geo_cmp_addr: Cylinder number is too big (13647 > 1032) # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # # Debian is installed on the last 2GB of a 10GB drive so I understand # that I can't boot directly off the debian partition. (Actually, with # my BIOS I can't boot off the second IDE bus anyways) A floppy isn't # too big, and I want to use the floppy to boot.
A boot disk is one way to go. You might also try adding 'lba32' to the top of your lilo.conf. Assuming a recent enough LILO, you shouldn't get that error. I use lilo-21.6.1, installed to its own directory(/temp/lilo), and I've but 'lilo' on hold as far as apt and dpkg are concerned. Dave
