> > Is there any way around this? How can I get a boot image > that actually > > fits on a floppy? It's going to get worse too because the > smp kernel > > is even larger. > > Try checking "man mkbootdisk". > > Of particular interest will be the "--size" argument. > Thanks - this at least got a boot floppy created. But the system doesn't seem to like it. It ends with a simple "Boot Failed" from Syslinux. I have been able to make progress, though. I created a CD image with: Mkbootdisk --iso --device /var/boot.iso 'uname -r' This drops a warning of "Size of boot image is 4 sectors -> No emulation" but it works fine. Of course this method kind of makes it hard to test kernel boot parameters, but hey, at least it's working. -ed
