On Sat, 2005-04-02 at 08:55 -0500, israel.garcia at cimex.com.cu wrote:> I'm trying to make a bootdisk in my CentOS server and I got this error.. > > any ideas? > > > [root at server:~]$ rpm -qa kernel kernel-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL > [root at server:~]$ mkbootdisk 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL --device > /dev/fd0 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.d20227/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 outThe kernel and initrd are too big to fit on a floppy ... there is no option to boot them from floppy any more. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050402/d092fde0/attachment-0002.sig>
I'm trying to make a bootdisk in my CentOS server and I got this error.. any ideas? [root at server:~]$ rpm -qa kernel kernel-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL [root at server:~]$ mkbootdisk 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL --device /dev/fd0 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.d20227/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 I have enogh space on the disk: [root at server:~]$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/md5 17G 1.8G 14G 12% / /dev/md1 99M 8.4M 86M 9% /boot none 126M 0 126M 0% /dev/shm /dev/md3 9.7G 2.7G 6.5G 30% /home /dev/md0 981M 26M 905M 3% /usr/local/salva /dev/md4 4.9G 262M 4.4G 6% /var/log /dev/md2 981M 24M 908M 3% /var/spool regards, Israel
On Sat, 2005-04-02 at 08:55 -0500, israel.garcia at cimex.com.cu wrote:> I'm trying to make a bootdisk in my CentOS server and I got this error.. > > any ideas? > > > [root at server:~]$ rpm -qa kernel kernel-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL > [root at server:~]$ mkbootdisk 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL --device > /dev/fd0 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.d20227/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 outOn Apr 2, 2005 5:23 AM, Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com> wrote:>>The kernel and initrd are too big to fit on a floppy ... there is no >>option to boot them from floppy any more.Johnny, If I can not use a floppy any more to boot my server, What can I use to boot the server in case of a crash? How can I make a CD bootdisk to my CentOS Server? Is there another way to boot my server? regards; Israel
On Mon, April 4, 2005 8:42 pm, israel.garcia at cimex.com.cu said:> On Sat, 2005-04-02 at 08:55 -0500, israel.garcia at cimex.com.cu wrote: >> I'm trying to make a bootdisk in my CentOS server and I got this >> error.. >> >> any ideas? >> >> >> [root at server:~]$ rpm -qa kernel kernel-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL >> [root at server:~]$ mkbootdisk 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL --device >> /dev/fd0 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.d20227/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 > > On Apr 2, 2005 5:23 AM, Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com> wrote: > >>>The kernel and initrd are too big to fit on a floppy ... there is no >>>option to boot them from floppy any more. > > Johnny, If I can not use a floppy any more to boot my server, What can I > use to > boot the server in case of a crash? How can I make a CD bootdisk to my > CentOS > Server? Is there another way to boot my server? > > regards; > > Israel>>>>You could probably use the first install disk to boot into rescue mode. I >>>>have done that with CentOS-3 and it worked fine for me. I would imagine >>>>CentOS-4 would be pretty similar in that respect.>>>~DanDan,....... I know the option "linux rescue mode" works fine, but, my CentOS servers have a Software RAID (raid 1) installed and I used to make a bootdisk in case of a RAID failure (or a HDD crash), so, Now I can not make my bootdisk 'cause the error above...... in this case what can I use to boot my server and keep my Soft RAID working? thanks for all your soon answers regards, israel
On Apr 5, 2005 7:17 AM, israel.garcia at cimex.com.cu <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos> <israel.garcia at cimex.com.cu <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos>> wrote:> > On Mon, April 4, 2005 8:42 pm, israel.garcia at cimex.com.cu<http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos> said:> > On Sat, 2005-04-02 at 08:55 -0500, israel.garcia at cimex.com.cu<http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos> wrote:> >> I'm trying to make a bootdisk in my CentOS server and I got this > >> error.. > >> > >> any ideas? > >> > >> > >> [root at server <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos>:~]$ rpm-qa kernel kernel-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL> >> [root at server <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos>:~]$mkbootdisk 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL --device> >> /dev/fd0 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.d20227/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 > > > > On Apr 2, 2005 5:23 AM, Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com<http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos>> wrote:> > > >>>The kernel and initrd are too big to fit on a floppy ... there is no > >>>option to boot them from floppy any more. > > > > Johnny, If I can not use a floppy any more to boot my server, What can I > > use to > > boot the server in case of a crash? How can I make a CD bootdisk to my > > CentOS > > Server? Is there another way to boot my server? > > > > regards; > > > > Israel > > >>>>You could probably use the first install disk to boot into rescue mode. I > >>>>have done that with CentOS-3 and it worked fine for me. I would imagine > >>>>CentOS-4 would be pretty similar in that respect. > > >>>~Dan > > Dan,....... I know the option "linux rescue mode" works fine, but, my CentOS > servers have a Software RAID (raid 1) installed and I used to make a bootdiskin> case of a RAID failure (or a HDD crash), so, Now I can not make my bootdisk > 'cause the error above...... in this case what can I use to boot my server and > keep my Soft RAID working? > > thanks for all your soon answers > regards, >>>I'm confused. If your raid crashes, what good is a boot floppy (which >>is now totally impossible - the kernel and initrd will not fit on a >>floppy) in the first place? You would be looking at a rebuild of the >>raid and/or a restore from backup, so why not just use the CD in >>resucue mode as recommended? What could a floppy possibly do that the >>CD could not?>>Please advise.Collins, Most of my servers are connected remotely, I migrated from WhiteBox to CentOS linux, I had in every (remote) server a bootdisk (floppy), so in case of a raid crash, some people there booted the server from the bootdisk and then I reconstructed the Raid remotely... I know if I boot from CD rescue mode I can get the same result, but, people in thouse places are not especialized in linux boxes. That is because I want to boot from a floopy, now I also know it's imposible, but, Can I make a CD boot?, I just want something to boot my remote server, get running all services and later I reconstruct the RAID... understand me now? sorry my poor english! regards, israel