ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/bootdisk/README

[George Borrmann]

I'm attempting to make a boot floppy for parted by following the
instructions in the subject file, but am having problems.  The instructions
say to download a boot image and a root image.  The boot image is fine: I
download partboot.img, copy to a floppy, and it boots and asks for a second
disk.  However, there is no partroot.img file.  I downloaded
partroot-1.6.6.gz instead and unzipped it.  I expected to get an image file;
but the file I got was over 3 Mb!  I tried to make the second floppy by
copying the .gz file to an ext2 system on a floppy, but got a Kernal panic;
evidently this is not the way to go.

How is this boot disk supposed to work?  Doesn't the README need to be
changed, at least for newbies like me?

George Borrmann