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10-23-2004, 02:25 AM	#1
oasisbhrnw99 Member Registered: May 2004 Posts: 43 Rep:	Error with boot floppy I run RH9, and I am trying to create a boot floppy by copying the /boot/vmlinuz file to the floppy. I correctly set the root device with rdev, but I get the following error message when I try to boot with it: Loading....... Uncompressing Linux...... Invalid compressed format (err=1) --System Halted Does anybody know what's causing this? I know how to make a boot floppy with the mkboot command, but I would like to be able to do it this way as well.

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