Can you not edit /etc/lilo from any partition, and  run lilo with the -C or
-m or chroot options? Read man lilo about this.
I think this is why some people make a /boot partition.
Make a boot disk before you try this.
Joel

On Sat, Feb 23, 2002 at 11:36:51AM -0800, Ken Moffat wrote:
> I have been using lilo, with my config file in my redhat7.1 install. I
> have been booting to redhat, modifying the lilo.conf there to access
> changes in my setup (adding other distros, etc) then running
> /sbin/lilo from there, making sure to mount all effected partitions,
> then rebooting to access other distros. My question is is this
> necessary? Can I have lilo.conf in some neutral location which I can
> access and modify from any other running distro, thereby eliminating
> the need to boot redhat, then reboot?
> 
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