Lilo and CDROM

["Chris Trantau" <chris@webyte.com>]

I just installed Debian Linux v1.2.0 for the first time and im having some
problems.

I have a 486dx2/66 16 MB RAM, 540 HD.  Linux partition about 200 MB and
Linux Swap partition 16 MB.

I have to boot off of my rescue disk because my lilo wont work.  When i try
to go to
the Boot of the Hard Disk option it gives me this error:

         sbin/dinstall: cannot creat /target/etc/lilo.cong: directory
nonexistent

How do i fix this?  I dont know many commands.  Also when i boot off of my
rescue
disk (its the only way i can get in unless i set my Linux partition as
bootable but i 
need access to my win95) it loads up hundreds of drivers that dont work. 
Several
for each thing...like 5 for the CD ROM but none of them  work, is this
normal?  Even
when my linux was booting off of the hard drive it did this.  It took over
3 minutes to
load.

Another problem:

I can't install any packages because I cant mount my CD-ROM.  I tried:

         mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdd /cdrom/   ( and many others) 

but they still will not work.  I get this error EVERY time:

          mount: /dev/hdd is not a valid block device

I get the same error when im in dselect trying to configure the CD ROM.

Thank you,

Chris Trantau
chris@webyte.com

PS: I tried being logged in as ROOT and normal user but with the same
results.