Dynamically linked lilo is a problem

[Andrew Luke Nesbit <alnesbit@optushome.com.au>]

Whew!  I just had a frightful past couple of hours trying to restore a
trashed MBR :(

What made this process far more difficult than necessary was the fact
that the lilo executable (/sbin/lilo.real) is a dynamically linked
executable, so it can't be run when mounted by a rescue disk.  Why is
this?  Wouldn't it make more sense to have a statically-linked lilo so
that in emergencies one can easily use it?

How can I avoid this problem in future?  I'd rather be able to use my
lilo, than to hope that some rescue disk will have a new enough
version.

Thanks.

Andrew.