mkbootdisk doesn't

From: Mark Neidorff (mark_at_neidorff.com)
Date: 04/28/04

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    Hi All,

    In FC 1 with the latest kernel (2147-nptl) release, I tried to make a boot
    floppy and failed. I took a good floppy. Several times mkbootdisk gave
    me the error message about being out of space. Sure enough, the files
    boot.msg and syslinux.cfg are of 0 length. Any idea why it is not working
    and how to fix the problem?

    Thanks,

    Mark 

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