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Message from Steven
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TheBastard wrote:
>
> I made /dev/hda1 = /boot partition, 

"boot partition"  What's that?

> and /dev/hda3 extended 

Good luck with that.

> I mke2fs format all of the partitions, and 
> mkswap /dev/hda6. I mounted /dev/hda2 to /hd, 
> then install-to-hd. Reboot, hit CTRL at LILO, 
> then hd root=/dev/hda2.

Right.  Is BL3 working OK at this point?

> To install LILO to hd, I enter lilo -v
> 
> I eject floppy disk #1, then reboot.  After the 
> hardware info and BIOS version is displayed, it 
> hangs up.

If BL3 is working fine from the floppy boot, then
your only issue is lilo.  There are two possible 
ways to fix this.

(1) Reformat your "boot partition" to be a DOS
partition and use loadlin.exe to boot BL3.  This
is the method I use to boot my system.  It has
several advantages.  

-or-

(2) Boot your BL3 partition using the floppy and 
edit /etc/lilo.conf.  Remove the # that is at 
the start of the line that puts lilo in your MBR.  
Save the new lilo.conf and execute: lilo -v
Reboot without the floppy.

Cheers,
Steven