FAQ explains how the 2 disk compression kernel should be used without a

kernel without devfs.
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 <P><a name="12"><b>What does the 2 disk compression method do?</b></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#FAQ">[back]</a></P>
 <P>This Boot Method creates a boot disk with lilo, a kernel and an initrd 
-image.&nbsp;&nbsp;The 
-initrd script mounts another root disk with a compressed (gzip or bzip2) 
-filesystem.</P>
+image.&nbsp;&nbsp;
+The initrd script mounts another root disk with a compressed (gzip or bzip2) 
+filesystem.&nbsp;&nbsp;Note:  This method doesn't use the devfs, so use a
+kernel without this built into it.</P>

 <p><a name="13"><b>I've created a root fs.&nbsp;&nbsp;Then I've tried to create the boot disk using the 2 disk compression method.&nbsp;&nbsp;The device selection is /dev/fd0, size is 1440k, but the initrd_image.gz is 715k.&nbsp;&nbsp;I don't know much about boot disks but shouldn't the boot disks contain mainly the kernel?</b></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="#FAQ">[back]</a></p>