Bug 89918

Summary:	Updated 2.4.20-9 kernel too large for boot disk
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Jim Shanks <jshanks>
Component:	mkinitrd	Assignee:	Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Version:	9
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Description Jim Shanks 2003-04-29 19:29:04 UTC

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Description of problem:
The updated i686 kernel 2.4.20-9 is too large for a boot disk.  Image file
created as /tmp/mkbootdisk.JbDgf1 is 147560 bytes.  A standard 1.44 floppy holds
only 1464320 bytes.  This is related to bug #89727, but seems to apply to kernel
images other than just SMP.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.4.20-9

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 2.4.20-9
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Actual Results:  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.JbDgf1/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


Expected Results:  Should create a working boot disk.

Additional info:

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2003-06-11 03:51:39 UTC

Unfortunately, the kernel has gotten bigger, floppies haven't.  mkbootdisk has
an option to create a boot iso instead -- please see the man page for more details.