HD Install :: hd install LILO thing



SDL is the first of Linux things I've ever laid hands on. I've managed to install it on the hard disk with LILO set up in the MBR. I want LILO set up in the partition instead, and another boot manager in the MBR. How do I do this? What do I use instead of "sudo -u root mkliloboot". Thanks for any help.
DSL doesn't give you any of the regular lilo options when you first install. However once you've got installed run liloconfig and you will get the regular lilo program that will gice you more options. I do this because I have a multi-boot system including win98 and because of win installer issues I prefer to keep lilo on a floppy disk and also for all my other linux distros. One boot disk for each distro.
After installing DSL you can restore windows MBR with a DOS or windows rescue disk. Just start and type fdisk /MBR
Or install whatever boot manager you want. DSL's liloconfig is not the greatest so I suggest manually editing /etc/lilo.conf
Look for the line:
boot=/dev/xxx
change to    boot=/dev/fd0
then do:
lilo -v -t     #this will test it. it will probably complain about the boot map being on a different disk but that' okay
then just type    lilo    to actually install it to the floppy.
Try it out before you wipe out the MBR. You'll also see in lilo.conf that lilo can boot windows or OS/2 as well.
If your going to use another boot manager you don't need Lilo do you?
KevB: My boot manager cannot see the partition as bootable without LILO set up in the partition's boot block.
Gilbert: How exactly do I go about editing "lilo.conf" in DSL? How do I log out as user and log in as administrator (command/password) so I can modify the config file and save the changes? What application do I use? Can you help me with this?
Thanks a lot guys!
If you haven't done so right-click pn the desktop to see the main menu. Choose enhance and you will get the icons for the main dsl applications. Use nedit to open the file called /etc/lilo.conf. Don't change anything except the line
boot=/dev/hd?
change it to  /dev/fd0   (tha't a zero)
Put a fresh formatted floppy in. Then right-click on the desktop and under Xshells choose rxvt. You should get a small black text screen( the command line interface). Inside of there type:   sudo su         This will give you root or superuser priviledges. Then type   lilo   (with the floppy inserted) This will install lilo on the floppy.
If nedit won't let you edit the file(permission denied) then you'll have to use the text editor called vi
From within an rxvt window type vi /etc/lilo.conf
This will open the file. Use the cursor keys to navigate. The x key erases and the insert or i keys will let you insert. The Esc key terminates insertion. When you've made the changes type:     :wq    in order to Write and Quit the program.  Type
less /etc/lilo.conf   in order to see the changes. The program less is a text pager-  SpaceBar to go down, or Shift+PgDn, Shift+PgUp to go up, q   to quit.
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