Hi Michael
Browsing the mlist archive, I know you are a strong believer of lilo, and don't like Grub. I can totally understand that.
I remember I gave up several attempts trying to switch from lilo to grub -- to me it was the grub's unintuitive syntax. But once I learned it and understand the beauty of grub I never use lilo again. Hope you find the same way too. If you'd like to give it a try, I'd be glad to be of any help. All that get me started was a very good tutorial article...
Though it might be hopeless, let me try to show you that grub might be helpful (one more time).
On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 11:32:51 -0400, T wrote:
Note: Adapted from Knoppix Remastering Howto http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Knoppix_Remastering_Howto
When I first tried it, my box wouldn't boot because to the layout difference of /boot between KNOPPIX and GRML.
But thanks to grub's interactive debug capability, the problem was solved within seconds. Had I was using lilo, it'd take me several boots to solve the problem.
Second, from the author of "Poor man's install, grub and ntfs" :
"...boot using grub instead of isolinux (can be used for repairs/diagnostics). morphix and kanotix are both using a cute graphic grub menu, which gives easy access to various knoppix cheatcodes, documentation etc. "
He's done that to knoppix. http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/User:Ml#grub_gfx_boot
just my 2c. HTH