[CentOS] Re: Re: mkbootdisk!

israel.garcia at cimex.com.cu israel.garcia at cimex.com.cu
Tue Apr 5 00:42:51 UTC 2005


On Sat, 2005-04-02 at 08:55 -0500, israel.garcia at cimex.com.cu wrote:
> I'm trying to make a bootdisk in  my CentOS server and I got this error..
> 
> any ideas?
> 
> 
> [root at server:~]$ rpm -qa kernel kernel-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL
> [root at server:~]$ mkbootdisk 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL --device
> /dev/fd0 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.d20227/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

On Apr 2, 2005 5:23 AM, Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com> wrote:

>>The kernel and initrd are too big to fit on a floppy ... there is no
>>option to boot them from floppy any more.

Johnny, If I can not use a floppy any more to boot my server, What can I use to
boot the server in case of a crash? How can I make a CD bootdisk to my CentOS
Server? Is there another way to boot my server?

regards;

Israel




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