In article <1992Aug25.230353.1794@cis.ohio-state.edu>, zwerin@cis.ohio-state.edu (Andrew Zwerin) writes:
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> Recently, I repartioned my HD and got the 0.97 boot and root images.
> I ran the install script and have the following partions:
> 
>   /dev/hda1     # dos
>   /dev/hda2     # linux root
>   /dev/hda3     # linux usr
>   /dev/hda4     # linux swap
> 
> I have read the README file in lilo.b.4.tar.Z and am confused.  As per
> the instructions, I did the following:
> 
> ./lilo -b /dev/fd0 -i boot.b -v -v -v /Image
> 
> If I reboot with the floppy, then the image on /dev/hda2 is loaded and
> /dev/hda2 is the root device.  That works.
> 
> I am confused about where to go from here.  I would like lilo to be my
> MBR and boot sector i.e. I want lilo to be the boot selector and boot
> sector for linux.  Basically replacing shoelace.
> 
> Can anyone tell me how to accomplish this?  It would be a great help
> if you could also explain the options I should be using?
> 
> 
> 
> thanks
> andy
I just did this today for my 2 partition drive.  I followed the README
(or maybe a FAQ) and used bootactv.bin from pfdisk as the MBR.  
I set all partitions to non-bootable and bootactv immediatly
asks which partition I want to boot from.  And it works.

PFDISK is on tsx-11.mit.edu (I think) in source for pfdisk bootactv
and binary form for the bootactv.bin (bootactv is bootactv.asm
i.e. masm is required to assemble it)

One caveat: if a user gets the infamous "hole" problem (you didn't or
you wouldn't be able to boot from floppy) a poster just announced 
a fix -- it works.