Linux Boot Floppy Went Bad on W2K-Linux Dual Boot

I have a Win2K/Red Hat 7.0 Linux dual boot machine where Win2K boots by
default and Linux boots when I insert a Linux boot floppy disk.

Unfortunately, I didn't back up the Linux boot floppy disk and it is now
unreadable. I installed Linux a while ago and don't remember the steps I
took -- but shouldn't I be able to read the Linux boot floppy disk using a
Win2K command prompt? Typing dir a: in the Win2K command prompt window
yields "The volume does not contain a recognized file system."

When I try to use the floppy to boot Linux, I get an error 0x407 at the
beginning of the boot process and the disk drive makes screeching noises.
I'm pretty sure the disk is bad.

The installation of Red Hat Linux is sitting on a FAT32 drive in 2 files:

redhat.img (2GB)
rh-swap.img (32MB)

I have tried using a new boot floppy created by rawrite from the Linux CD,
but none of the obvious options work (eg. the rescue option).

Is there a way for me to recreate the boot floppy so I can boot Linux again
or have I permanently orphaned my Linux installation?

Thank you in advance for any advice/help.

Richard