I have narrowed down the lilo problem. This patch in CVS is the cause of the problem: http://cvs.debian.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/debian-boot/boot-floppies/utilities/dbootstrap/bootconfig.c?r1=1.17&r2=1.18 When I reverted bootconfig.c to cvs version 1.17, and built boot-floppies, lilo installed correctly. So, quick fix for 2.2.5 could be to simply revert that file. -- see shy jo