Description of problem: The new installation software does not make a bootable floppy disk. Therefore, it is impossible to boot into linux. A message appears on the screen that I cannot use the boot loader, and to boot from floppy. The rescue software also did not allow a bootable floppy to be created using mkbootfloppy. Possible there is another way to make a bootable floppy. Also, it is impossible to change the configuration for the boot loader if no packages have been updated. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Install Red Hat Linux version 1.92 and do not install the boot loader. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Put Red Hat installation disk in drive and reboot. 2. Follow menu for installation and do not install boot loader. 3. Actual results: Cannot boot into linux. Expected results: In the installation, an option should be provided to make a boot floppy. Additional info:
The 2.6 kernel no longer fits on a floppy disk. The installer does not allow creation of such floppies therefore. There is a bug where it spits out a warning about needing floppies, but the warning and partition stuff appears to be the real problem.
*** Bug 122186 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 122185 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
The warning is covered by another bug. The 2.6 kernel won't fit on a floppy, so I can't really do anything to create one.
It would be nice to have the feature to boot from a CD or DVD. Most computers can boot from CD now.
Hi ! There is something i don't understand : i did do a floppy bootdisk of the fedora core 2 (kernel 2.6.5-1.358) without any problem ! The command i used for is : mkbootdisk, and the global syntaxe was : mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 numberofthekernel. So i don't understand where the problem lies. Have a nice day, bye :)