I'm about to install a linux/ windows dual boot with linux being the first install.

I was wondering about how i would make a linux boot floppy (in debian) and how would i install lilo from there.

would lilo be setup for both OSs, just lilo, or not set up at all and just installed?

Ok, i just installed XP and it wasn't as hard as i thought it would. After installing XP i booted into knoppix using the code
knoppix 3
so it would boot into console rather than a gui, after that i mounted my linux partition
mount -t ext3 /dev/hda2 /mnt/hda2 (the linux partition.
then:
chroot /mnt/hda2
after the root partion became my linux partion, i eddited lilo:
vi /etc/lilo.conf
to make sure that lilo saw both linux and windows then saved. Finally i just typed
lilo
and it installed. It was very easy to do. no probs, no errors, and now both work linux and windows works well.

If you ever have to do this again, it's much easier, and the
"preferred method," to install Windoze first, and then Linux,
and add your Linux partition to LILO during the install. If
you do that, none of what you posted is necessary at all.

I know, but i wasnt able to, windows died after i had linux running so i had to reinstall after linux was installed.