mkbootdisk might be checking out the /etc/fstab & detecting the vfat
partitions (I assume it's your Windows partition).
Comment them out, and run mkbootdisk again. It should not give you
those error messages.
However, if you want vfat support, the best way would be to install the
kernel source
I stupidly installed a new verion of my kernel on my box using up2date.
I went from 2.4.2-2 to 2.4.9-12. I also removed the old kernel. I
didn't update /etc/lilo.conf, or really do anything but install a new
kernel and eventually reboot.
I also failed to make a new boot disk. The machine boot