Have you tried sudo mkboot in the console window?
I Keep getting this error message whenever I run mkboot even on a root console.
After a week of booting and running KNOPPIX 3.2 from the CD I would like to do a HDD install and would like to have a boot floppy beforehand. I am very much a NEWBIE with linux but I read on some forum posts that the command "mkboot" in a console session would do the job.
Perhaps someone with more knowledge on this subject can enlighten me.
Thanks in advance.
Ichoeff
Have you tried sudo mkboot in the console window?
Tried it, got same results.
Ichoeff

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