Post you lilo.conf here

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
vga=normal
default="linux-Mandrake"
keytable=/boot/us.klt
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk
label="linux-Mandrake"
root=/dev/hdb1
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img
append="quiet devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off"
vga=788
read-only
image=/mnt/fedora/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl
label="linux-Fedora"
root=/dev/hda3
initrd=/mnt/fedora/boot/initrd-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl
append="quiet devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off"
vga=788
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="linux-nonfb"
root=/dev/hdb1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off"
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label="windows"
table=/dev/hda
other=/dev/fd0
label="floppy"
unsafe
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="linux"
root=/dev/hdb1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off quiet"
vga=788
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="failsafe"
root=/dev/hdb1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="devfs=nomount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off failsafe"
read-only

There's a new section now, the label="linux" section second from the bottom. That's what happened before when I updated mandrake to reinstall lilo. I deleted it then so I'd only have one "linux".

In faith, Dave
dave@christos.cjb.net
Viva Texas

Is the Fedora partition mounted?
'mount' alone shows stuff that was mounted
mkdir /mnt/fedora
mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/fedora

I did "mount" and this is what came up. It looks like fstab:

[dave@localhost dave]$ mount
/dev/hdb1 on / type ext3 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
none on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620)
none on /mnt/cdrom type supermount (ro,dev=/dev/hdc,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850)
none on /mnt/cdrom2 type supermount (ro,dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0)
none on /mnt/fedora type supermount (rw,dev=/dev/hda3,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850)
none on /mnt/floppy type supermount (rw,sync,dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850)
none on /mnt/windows type supermount (rw,dev=/dev/hda1,fs=auto,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850)
[dave@localhost dave]$

There's a fedora directory in mandrake's /mnt (/mnt/fedora). As root I can see any of the files in fedora. I think that means fedora is mounted?

In faith, Dave
dave@christos.cjb.net
Viva Texas

I think lilo has a problem with the supermount automounter.

mkdir /fedora
mount /dev/hda3 /fedora

Change the path in lilo.conf from /mnt/fedora to /fedora .

This is what I understand I'm to do:

As root, type:

mkdir /fedora
mount /dev/hda3 /fedora

Then change the paths in lilo.conf

from

image=/mnt/fedora/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl
initrd=/mnt/fedora/boot/initrd-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl

to

image=/fedora/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl
initrd=/fedora/boot/initrd-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl

Correct? BTW, what does that do to fstab and my desktop icon for fedora? Is it permanent? And does that allow me to displace grub and install lilo?

In faith, Dave
dave@christos.cjb.net
Viva Texas

Correct.
It doesn't do anything to your fstab. There will be nothing in /fedora as soon as you umount or reboot. Fedora will only need to be mounted there when lilo is being installed. If the lilo command works, the grub should be overwritten.

So, after lilo installs, I'd need to change lilo.conf back to

image=/mnt/fedora/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl
initrd=/mnt/fedora/boot/initrd-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl

???

In faith, Dave
dave@christos.cjb.net
Viva Texas

You won't need to do that. You will need to mount Fedora to /fedora whenever you install lilo.

Here's the output from console:

[root@localhost dave]# mkdir /fedora
[root@localhost dave]# mount /dev/hda3 /fedora
mount: /dev/hda3 already mounted or /fedora busy
[root@localhost dave]# umount /mnt/fedora
umount: /mnt/fedora: device is busy
[root@localhost dave]#

Now there are two fedora directories: /fedora and /mnt/fedora. /fedora is empty, and /mnt/fedora still opens up into fedora files.

In faith, Dave
dave@christos.cjb.net
Viva Texas