How to install lilo to the MBR?

[joe]

.
I don't have access to Linux man pages with the rescue CD 
so I tried the syntax you suggested and got this response:

Fatal: creat /boot/map~: No such file or directory.

Joe

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From: Kenneth <madhse at yahoo.com>
To: joe at actionline.com, Main PLUG discussion list
<plug-discuss at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 12:47:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: How to install lilo to the MBR?

> I think you want /mnt/sbin/lilo -C /mnt/etc/lilo.conf
> I don't have lilo installed to check the man page, but this seems 
> like the right option...
> 
> 
--- joe <joe at tlnf.com> wrote:
> 
> > .
> > joe wrote:
> > > > Lilo is installed on my system, but it is not working. 
> > > > When I cold boot, it boots into an old Windows 98 partition 
> > > > (hda1) that I no longer use. 
> > > > 
> > > > So, what is the procedure and syntax to install lilo to 
> > > > the Master boot Record? 
> > 
> > Eric Shubes wrote: 
> > > Boot a rescue cd to the command prompt, then
> > > # /sbin/lilo -v
> > > That should write your lilo.conf to the MBR
> > 
> > Following the above instructions: 
> > /sbin/lilo -v 
> > 
> > Produced this response: 
> > "bash: /sbin/lilo: No such file or directory" 
> > 
> > So, I searched around and found lilo here: /mnt/sbin/lilo 
> > Then I tried /mnt/sbin/lilo -v 
> > and lilo ran, but gave this response: 
> > 
> > "/etc/lilo.conf: No such file or directory. 
> > 
> > the desired file is here: /mnt/etc/lilo.conf 
> > 
> > but what syntax must I use to get this to work? 
> > 
> > 
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