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
> 

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