"Steve, what's grub? I'm assuming its an alternate boot loader... "
grub is a bootloader very similar to lilo. The syntax for grub is enough different from LILO to screw you up unless you have a manual handy. Here is a grub HOWTO:
http://www.geocities.com/cyberkabila/main/grub.htm
So basically what you do is translate /etc/lilo.conf to /boot/grub.conf and then run grub-install which puts grub on the MBR. If you want to go back to lilo you run lilo which puts lilo on the MBR. Whatever you do to /boot/grub.conf or the MBR will not make your boot floppy stop working.
Try:
which grub-install
to see if you have grub installed. If not, download and install it.
As to SMP, I know nothing about turning it on.
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