Bug 89918 - Updated 2.4.20-9 kernel too large for boot disk
Summary: Updated 2.4.20-9 kernel too large for boot disk
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: mkinitrd
Version: 9
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Fulbright
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-04-29 19:29 UTC by Jim Shanks
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:53 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2003-06-11 03:51:39 UTC

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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.
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