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    bootdisk - image too large

    after customizing - after the HOWTO - , I wanted to make a bootdisk to check everything.
    However, the command:

    mkboot -r /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1/KNOPPIX/boot.img

    exits with "no space left on device": in fact, KNOPPIX/boot.img is 1.5MB !
    What have I to do?

    Thanks for any info...

    Alessandro

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    try to save some space from the "space eating" things, like logo.16 and other graphic stuff
    you can also get rid of part of f2 ...

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    thanks,
    I found the easiest way is just to use dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440
    strange, boot.img is 1.5M, yet this works

    Alessandro

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