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Message from Steven
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> Ok, so I set
> root=/dev/hda1 (that is my Linux partition)
> and it didn't work. Same problem.

I assume you ran lilo -v from /dev/hda1

> I'm going to copy down my lilo.conf here:
> 
> boot=/dev/hda
> root=/dev/hda1
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> compact
> prompt
> timeout=100
> image=/boot/zimage
>     label=BL3
>     root=CURRENT
>     read-write

You've got two root= lines.  I suggest you
delete the first one and change root=CURRENT
to root=/dev/hda1

You said before that your lilo was booting to
the welcome screen.  Is it still doing that?
When everything stops, what does the last line
on the screen say?

If lilo is booting correctly and the kernel is
initializing correctly, then the most likely
source of the problem is the filesystem.  It
is possible that something went wrong when the
BL3 filesystem was copied to /dev/hda1 (when
you executed install-to-fd).  You did execute
install-to-hd, didn't you?  Was there any kind
of error message?  Or something strange happen? 

Cheers,
Steven