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Message from Steven
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Teixeira wrote:
>
> Reading boot sector from current root
> Merging with /boot/boot.b
> Boot image: /boot/zimage
> added BL3 *
> Backup copy of boot sector in /boot/boot.0301
> Writing boot sector

That looks OK.  Lilo appears to be written 
to boot sector of current root partition.

> Where is says "backup copy of boot sector..."  
> is it a system information,

Yes.

> or an order so that I need to make a backup? 

No.

> Something is amazing me: Everytime it fails to boot 
> form HD it also informs there is NO ext2 file system, 

I can think of three possible reasons for this:
(1) you did not execute "lilo -v" from BL3 ext2 partition
(2) the BL3 partition is not the only bootable parition 
(3) there is an old (non-BL3) lilo in the MBR

> so I have to start all the process from mke2fs

That should not be necessary.  The ext2 partition 
should still be there.  The probable problem is lilo.

> fdisk -l  (it shows me if there's any partition)
> fdisk /dev/hda (then I delete each partition with 
>     the "d" option and I finish with "w")
> fdisk /dev/hda n (which stands for "new"), "p" 
>     (for "primary") and "1" (for hda1)
> Then I write the table and verify it with fdisk -l again.

No problem.
 
> mke2fs /dev/hda1      ( to put the ext2 file format on the hd,
> but before I run   e2fsck /dev/hda1  which says it is clean.
> mount /dev/hda1 /hd   (to mount it on /hd)
> install-to-hd  <enter>

No problem.

> at this pont the system goes normally and insturcts me to 
> reboot from floppy1 and to press <ctrl> whwn I see "LILO"

Good.  It appears the installation of the filesystem is complete.

> reboot <enter> (with floppy1 on the drive)
>   hd root=/dev/hda1 /hd

That /hd is wrong.  You should enter: hd root=/dev/hda1
(assuming you put the BL3 filesytem on /dev/hda1)

> (It still does not work if Iboot from HD at this point)

It will not work until lilo is correctly installed.

> then I reboot again with floppy1 on drive.

I don't understand.  Why are you rebooting? 
Are you returning to the floppy version?
Do not run "lilo -v" from inside floppy version.
It will not work.  You must execute "lilo -v" from 
inside the HD filesystem (created by install-to-hd).

"hd root=/dev/hda1" takes you to the filesystem
inside /dev/hda1.  You excute 'lilo -v" there.

> Remark: If I try to install-to-hd the system tells 
> me there is no ext2 file system.

It should not be necessary to run install-to-hd again.
It appears that install-to-hd worked perfectly the
first time.  Use "hd root=/dev/hda1" to get into the 
filesystem.  We should be able to fix the problem from 
there.

> My friend  Maran is having the same problem. 

Please reassure me that you (and Maran) are able 
to boot the HD filesystem using:  hd root=/dev/hda1
(that assumes the ext2 partition you created and
mounted on /hd was /dev/hda1).

If you are both able to do that, then the problem is
simply lilo configuration (which we should be able to
fix).

Cheers,
Steven