Hello!
me wrote:
> Upon installing Mandrake 5.2 on a clean system
> using "Custom" option I've found that it will not install
> lilo on the partition I want, not on the master boot record.
> I had to create a boot diskette in order to complete
> the installation.
>
> Has anyone else had this problem?
was it a "not active partition" problem?
In this case, you need to boot with a LILO diskette, run fdisk, then
select "toggle a bootable flag" for your primary linux partition and run
lilo again.
This problem should sometimes occur with RedHat 5.2 systems too
(Mandrake 5.1 too).
Greets,
Gael.