mkbootdisk —verbose `uname -r`

creates a stand-alone boot floppy

Formatting /dev/fd0… done. Copying /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.7-10… done. Creating initrd image… done. Setting up syslinux… done.

The only required argument is the kernel version to put onto the boot floppy

--compact
       Use the "compact" LILO option.

'mkbootdisk —verbose —compact `uname -r`' yields:

/dev/fd0 1423 1113 310 79% /mnt/floppy

'mkbootdisk —verbose `uname -r`' yields:

/dev/fd0 1423 1113 311 79% /mnt/floppy