[SOLVED] lilo doesn't load

[bookewyrmm]

First, the Pc, Dual boot windows and salix each on a separate hdd, windows on sda (80Gb), salix on sdb (5Gb swap, 100GB / and 380Gb /home)[I game, I admit it]
P4 2.8Ghz Duo
video: nvidia 8400 pcie
monitor: Philips 22" LCD TV connected via VGA cable
OS's :Salix KDE 13.1.2 CD ISO , Salix KDE Live 13.1.2 CD ISO, Windows XP

now the issue...
I first installed Salix from the live disk, the install was very fast and seemed to complete successfully, I used the auto installer for lilo and it completed successfully. At first reboot there was a longer than normal pause (black screen)after the bios splash screen then windows proceeded to load normally. (Hmmm)

Thinking lilo hadn't installed properly, I re-ran the install, used the editor to verify the install path for lilo, extended the lilo pause time from 50 to 200, saved my changes, completed installing lilo

Same problem, longer pause after the splash, no lilo, windows loads as normal (Grrr)

Thinking I had a bad ISO for the live disk, I downloaded an install ISO checked the MD5, burned the disk, booted up to a very familiar text driven install routine (nice customization for the distro BTW) I did skip USB boot device creation, installed lilo to the MBR using a moderate screen resolution of 1024x768, default "pause time".

No luck, still no lilo (GGGRRR!)
Frustrated, I gave up for the night.

Any Ideas out there for what to try next?

I will be creating a usb boot device, just to make sure I can get into linux, just haven't had time yet.

Also, I noticed Grub as the boot loader for the live disk, I'm guessing there's a package I can get to try installing it?

[gapan]

LILO is probably installed to your sdb MBR, while your system boots from sda. If you can select that in the BIOS, you can try setting it to boot from sdb instead. Otherwise, you could install LILO in "expert" mode and set it to start from sda. If you know your way around, you could probably just chroot to your installed partition from the live CD or the installation CD, edit /etc/lilo.conf and run lilo from there.

[bookewyrmm]

that did it, I reinstalled lilo in expert mode, and specified the correct drive to install it to. I am now a happy camper.