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Posted: Mar. 28 2005,00:44 QUOTE
I've tried to re-install dsl from a screw-up of LILO. I even downloaded & reburned 8.0.3, that uses Scite instead of Beaver. I format the partition, "mkfs -t /dev/hda11", reboot the machine, do a hard drive install, say yes to 'mkliloboot' & yes to reboot. I reboot straight to Win98SE. I boot from the DSL CD & check hda11/boot, no linux. I copy a backup I have of it into the boot folder, run 'mkliloboot' & reboot. Still nothing. Why can I not get lilo to install?? I love DSL & use it to control all my other OS's. Could someone please tell me how to get this right. It doesn't matter if I do Standard or Ehanced install, same thing either way. Please help. Thanks.

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Posted: Mar. 28 2005,03:15 QUOTE
I tried it again with enhanced install. Said no to 'mkliloboot'. The did 'sudo -u root mkliloboot'. I have tried it three times, once on hda, once on hda1 & once on hda11. Still no lilo for boot. Do you think that "Gag45" bootloader I tried, could have screwed up my boot for a lilo install?? I'd hate to do it, but if I have to, I'll start from a clean HD again. Takes about a day & a half, but still a pain in the but. Please can someone help??

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Posted: Mar. 28 2005,21:13 QUOTE
You may need to resize or rearrange partitions to get your DSL installation down below HD cylinder 1024, if that is the problem.  Otherwise, lilo won't install to the HD.

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Posted: Mar. 28 2005,23:09 QUOTE
I think I'll just redo all the linuxes on my linux partitions & put DamnSmall on the first. That would put it on hda8, which is what I've always had it on before. I install all the others first, because they use grub, then do a 'fdisk /mbr' & then install DSL & lilo. Never thought moving it to the end would hurt. Wish me luck.  ???

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Posted: Mar. 29 2005,00:45 QUOTE
Why not simply continue using Grub?, and add an entry for DSL to it ?

There is docs in the documentation, and in the forums , for the needed syntax..

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