I'm not sure you are mounting/copying the right things. Do it like: mkdir /tmp/harddrive mkdir /tmp/floppy mount /dev/hda /tmp/harddrive mount /dev/fd0u1722 /tmp/floppy cp /tmp/floppy/boot.b /tmp/harddrive lilo ... -Tom On Thu, 4 Jan 2001, Michael Svoboda wrote: > Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 17:51:14 +0100 > From: Michael Svoboda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [tomsrtbt] Installing LILO to a hard drive without Linux > > Hello! > > I have a PC with two hard drives (one for DOS, one for Windows 95). Now > I would like to install LILO. > I boot up the PC using tomsrtbt 1.7.185, then mount the floppy to /mnt, > create /mnt/etc/lilo.conf, copy the boot.b file to /mnt/boot/boot.b and > start lilo -r /mnt. > This leads to "Can't open /dev/hda". Hm. I cannot copy /dev/hda to > /mnt/dev/hda (not enough space). > > Is there any solution for my problem? > > Thanks in advance, > > Michael Svoboda >
