hi ya
i'd try the following lilo.conf
note the addition of prompt and lba32
and moving of root
comment out hdb stuff too if it still doesnt boot
c ya
alvin
> > boot=/dev/hda
> > install=/boot/boot-menu.b
prompt
> > delay=20
> > read-only
> > map=/boot/map
> > compact
lba32
> > image=/vmlinuz
> > root=/dev/hda1
> > label=Linux
> >
# image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.xx
# root=/dev/hdxx
# label=Linux-2.4.xx
> > other=/dev/hdb2
> > table=/dev/hdb
> > label=FreeBSD
> >