On Wed, 2004-06-16 at 18:26, Carnal Ortega wrote: > James, > I installed FC2 without a bootloader. After installation I booted > with the CD into rescue mode, chroot /mnt/sysimage and then ran the > mkbootdisk command. Now I can boot into my FC2 system with the floppy. > I'm curious, how does this method differ from the past when it was done > during the installation process? > > You're not the first to cite the size of the kernel 2.6 as a reason > why it was taken out of the install process but then wouldn't the > post-install routine w/ mkbootdisk I performed, fail as well? I'm a > little confused! > > Thanks! > > Carnal I haven't tried to make a boot disk for any versions of the 2.6 kernel. I assume that the kernel would be pretty basic and not have many functions/devices enabled. I was wondering myself why the kernel is modular and cannot at least load so far, then ask for disk 2 to continue the process. I believe that the kernel feature for making a boot disk, which is fully system functional, is what the previous make boot disk used to do. Have you installed a kernel-2.6-BOOT kernel? Or are you successful making this disk from a fully featured, all modules loaded kernel. Jim > > > >Common question, but noticeable. > > > >Mail test,(changed from insight.rr.com) > > > >Jim > > > > > > > > > >
