Me too! I have compiled a new custom 2.4.18 kernel using the great instructions from http://newbiedoc.sourcefourge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html I am having problems with lilo, mbr, booting without using a floppy. I have no other OS installed. I understand lilo is a good thing, so I can change from kernel new to kernel old.
The new kernel does work as I made a boot floppy from it and use it to boot. Right now I get: MBR FA:_ then if I press "a" then the prompt changes to MBR 1234F:_ So something is wrong. My /boot/ has a wastland of files from various kernels I tried to get working. Four, count them 4, kernels. My /boot is on /dev/hda5 ext3 hda1 (ext2 with 100 MB free) hda2 <hda 5 6 7 8 9> hda3(swp) hda4(tmp) My lilo.conf looks something like this without any typo's: lba32 boot=/dev/hda5 root=/dev/hda5 compact install=/boot/boot.b delay=20 map=/boot/map vga=normal image=/vmlinuz label=Linux read-only I hope that I have included just enough information. BTW, thanks Dan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]