Re: lilo broken after upggrade

[Dan Hunt <dan@hunt.ath.cx>]

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