a few things

[Buddy Brannan]

Hi,

I don't think the hard disk size is the problem. Lilo has worked
around that issue by now, I believe.

However, here's a thought. At least, it happened to me once. Check
your motherboard's CMOS settings. If you have a virus detection in
your CMOS (built-in, not software like Mcafee), disable it, because it
thinks lilo is a boot sector virus. Confused the hell out of me!
Anyway, once that's done...well...that should help. BTW, lilo should
work fine...I know nothing about grub.
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