Quote Originally Posted by xlr8r
ok all i did. was install with knx2hd and follow instructions, debian-like, lilo in MBR etc. created boot floppy and then rebooted, i didnt change any settings, open any programs. just rebooted and i have this grub command line like thing.

I formatted the drive last night again into ext3 and have a 1gig linux-swap partition, reformatted both and re-installed with the same settings as above. i will try to post my lilo.conf file but i am running it on another computer and it doesnt have internet access yet, so i will need to save a copy to a floppy and bring it out here. ill see what i can do.
So it's even happened on multiple installs now eh? It surely can't be grub...but I don't know why it looks like that. Hopefully one of the more expert forumites can help you. I'll bump your message up anyways.