never mind that last post i found out how to fix it. what u need to do is go in reformat the partition and reinstall linux. once you have done that go in and in your koncole... enter apt-get update and let it run. then go apt-get install yard. once that has been done it should update lilo.config and it will work again. it took me a few tries to get it right but i did. like everyone else i am learning too!