On Wednesday 11 February 2004 20:06, Lexx wrote: > I'm trying to make a boot disk so that I can put MDK on my old laptop. > However it appears the total size of the files exceeds 1.44MB! > It's a brand new floppy so I don't know what I'm doing wrong - please > help! > > Here's the error: > Unable to properly close mkbookdisk: > Formatting /dev/fd0... mount: /dev/fd0 already mounted or > /tmp/syslinux.mnt.107940.0 busy done. > Copying /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-26mdk... done. > Creating initrd image... cp: writing '/tmp/mkbootdisk/initrd.img': > No space left on device > Error! > > Thanks > Lexx
That's because the boot image is too big for a floppy...use the install CD for that or make a boot CD for your specific system. Good luck, HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's & more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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