You actually don't need to make a boot floppy to use kickstarts right? mkfs.vat /dev/fd0 mount /mnt/floppy/ <generate ks here magically> cp ks.cfg /mnt/floppy umount /mnt/floppy Boot to the install CD and at the boot prompt type "linux ks=floppy". The bootdisk.img has a huge kernel and initrd so it's not going to fit on a floppy ever. To be honest I can't think why the docs even mention it at all. regards, dan carpenter