Re: how can I make a boot floppy disk?

[Timothy Murphy]

Joachim Backes wrote:
> > I just finished installing fedora 3, I didn't install a boot loader, how
> >  can I make a boot floppy disk?
> > I saw this note from fedora 4 installation dcumentation:
> > "Your computer must have GRUB or another boot loader installed in order
> > to start, unless you create a separate startup disk to boot from."
> >
> > But the installation finished and it didn't ask me to make one!
> > also, I can burn a boot image on a cd, could that help
> /sbin/mkbootdisk command.

You are unlikely to be able to fit a current kernel (plus initrd)
on a floppy.
You can get it on a CD with "mkbootdisk --iso"
(see "man mkbootdisk").

If you really want to boot from a floppy, 
see the "Smart Boot Manager" (SBM)
at http://btmgr.webframe.org/, which fits on a floppy.