On Sat, 2004-09-18 at 05:08, antonio montagnani wrote: > I tried to make a bootdisk...this is what I get (errore di scrittura > means writing error). > What does it mean? > > [root@Fedora antonio]# uname -a > Linux Fedora 2.6.8-1.521 #1 Mon Aug 16 09:01:18 EDT 2004 i686 i686 i386 > GNU/Linux > [root@Fedora antonio]# /sbin/mkbootdisk 2.6.8-1.521 > Insert a disk in /dev/fd0. Any information on the disk will be lost. > Press <Enter> to continue or ^C to abort: > cp: scrittura di `/tmp/mkbootdisk.Kt2884/initrd.img': No space left on > device > cat: errore di scrittura: No space left on device > cat: errore di scrittura: No space left on device > entrati 20+0 record > usciti 20+0 record > [root@Fedora antonio]# > > Tnx This means exactly what it says. The diskette is full. It has been discussed many times on this list. The new 2.6.X kernels are too large to make a floppy for booting. Read the archives for details and solutions. There also is a boot CDROM image that can be used.
