> To be honest, I ran the dd command suggested >
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda bs=512 count=4
>
> not really knowing what it did.
It did nothing of any consequence, as the first bit of a distro
installation would overwrite that part of the disk.
> Am I right in thinking the initial output
> is from lilo and lilo now needs to know where the partition is?
*Which* output?
*What* did it say?
Subsequent to those questions,
*Did* you install lilo?
If so, *where*?
> If so, can
> someone tell me what the dd syntax is to point it at /dev/hda1?
You would simply use of=/dev/hda1 in the dd line - and that will entirely
destroy everything you've done, so I really wouldn't advise it.
> I'm
> probably totally barking up the wrong tree - but thought I'd ask.
Why not just do a standard installation - messing about with fdisk and dd
is just extra complication.
You might also like to use an easier distribution - Slackware isn't the
friendliest of installers...
