booting the new kernel

Nikos Charonitakis frolix68 at yahoo.gr
Wed Aug 18 18:01:15 EEST 2004


Στις 16/Αύγ/2004, ημέρα Δευτέρα και ώρα 16:09, ο/η Andreas
Constantinides (MegaHz) έγραψε:
> Hello hellug'ers sorry for disturbing your holidays, but...
> 
>  I am booting my linux using a bootable disk, I have made the bootable
> disk by running the command:
> mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.6.6-1.435.2.3
> 
> Now I have updated my Fedora Core2 to the latest kernel: 2.6.7-1.494.2.2
> and when I run the relevant command, I get:
> 
> # mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.6.7-1.494.2.2
> Insert a disk in /dev/fd0. Any information on the disk will be lost.
> Press <Enter> to continue or ^C to abort:
> cp: writing `/tmp/mkbootdisk.n10421/initrd.img': No space left on device
> cat: write error: No space left on device
> cat: write error: No space left on device
> 20+0 records in
> 20+0 records out
> #
> 
> 
> I cant understand where is my mistake? can you help ?
http://www.fedorafaq.org/

Q: Where is the floppy disk install image for Fedora Core 2? 
A: The new 2.6 kernel in Fedora Core 2 can't fit on a floppy disk. So,
you can't boot or install from a floppy. However, you can install from a
CD, hard drive, or even USB disk (if your computer supports booting from
a USB disk).
> 

> I just want to boot from the new kernel.
> 
> (I also tried installing gnome, but gnome-install always succeeds but
> after rebooting it does not work, so I have to do fdisk /mbr to clear
> the mbr)
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Andreas Constantinides
> www.megahz.org
> www.cyhackprotal.com
> 
> 
> 
> ______________________________________________________________________




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