[lug] mkbootdisk -- no space left on device

[David Anselmi]

David Stepaniak wrote:
[...]
> The reason I'm attempting to make a boot diskette is because I am
> going to install a SONY ATA/IDE CD-RW for the exress purposes of
> making a boot CD and making small-scale backups on CD media.
> I want to be sure that I can boot my machine from a diskette in
> case I make mistakes when I install the CD-RW and configure the
> device --

What are you worried about breaking?  It doesn't sound like you're 
changing your boot sector at all.  So if you don't change your kernel, 
init.rd or lilo.conf you won't impact booting at all.

> evidently I have scsi emulation to implement in
> /etc/modules.conf (perhaps 'alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi')
> and further modifications in /etc/lilo.conf -- in addition I
> presently I have scsi adapter installed (but no device connected
> to it) that may muddy the waters a bit.

What are you planning to change in lilo.conf?  Why?  It should have 
nothing to do with a CD-RW.

Dave