>> The 'special' sprinkle may be to add 'lba32' to your /etc/lilo.conf
file --
>> in the primary section at the front of the file.

>you didn't use grub?

Not when I had my problems, I decided to stick with something that was
familiar, and easier to configure.

>there's been some philosophical arguing about that.....  one thought is --
if i
>say yes, to create a boot floppy, then it won't attempt to create a
bootable
>entry on the hard drive.  since i don't want to dual boot, i'd *really*
like to
>make this thing boot from the hard drive and have a bootable diskette for
>emergencies....             - d

I think you have the 'Boot Floppy' option and 'Bootable System Disk'
confused.  While I agree that you should avoid using a boot floppy booting
the system, you want to create a bootable system disk.  This is a distinctly
different step from the lilo/grub configuration option.  Unfortunately, I
can't remember exactly which step it is, but when you go through the
installation process, there is a screen where you have to specifically
decline the creation of a bootable disk.  That is when you WANT to create a
disk.

Regardless, I think it was Gavin had a good question that I neglected to
ask.  When does this error occur?  Are you in the midst of installing, or
have you installed, and it is now attempting to start the system?

Thanks,

Mark

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