lilo not installing to mbr

[cobain]

when i run knoppix-installer it gets all the way through to where it installs lilo to the mbr and it errors out. I have the following output in my root console from knoppix-installer-latest-web

/usr/bin/mkdesktophdicons: line 42: cannot create temp file for here document: Permission denied
/usr/bin/mkdesktophdicons: line 100: cannot create temp file for here document: Permission denied
/usr/bin/mkdesktophdicons: line 100: cannot create temp file for here document: Permission denied
Can't open /mnt/hdinstall/home/cobain/.mozilla/default/*/prefs.js: No such file or directory.
/usr/sbin/alsactl: save_state:1194: No soundcards found...
./modules/install/02-install-tools.bm: line 20:  7674 Segmentation fault      perl -pi -e 's/uid=knoppix,gid=knoppix,//g' /etc/automount.sh
./modules/install/02-install-tools.bm: line 456:  7765 Segmentation fault      perl -pi -e 's|Exec=sudo /|Exec=/|g' "$i"
./modules/install/02-install-tools.bm: line 456:  7766 Segmentation fault      perl -pi -e 's|Exec=sudo /|Exec=/|g' "$i"
./modules/install/02-install-tools.bm: line 456:  7767 Segmentation fault      perl -pi -e 's|Exec=sudo /|Exec=/|g' "$i"
./modules/install/02-install-tools.bm: line 462:  7769 Segmentation fault      perl -pi -e 's|Exec=sudo -H |Exec=kdesu -- |g' "$i"
./modules/install/02-install-tools.bm: line 462:  7770 Segmentation fault      perl -pi -e 's|Exec=sudo -H |Exec=kdesu -- |g' "$i"
./modules/install/02-install-tools.bm: line 462:  7771 Segmentation fault      perl -pi -e 's|Exec=sudo -H |Exec=kdesu -- |g' "$i"
./modules/install/02-install-tools.bm: line 462:  7772 Segmentation fault      perl -pi -e 's|Exec=sudo -H |Exec=kdesu -- |g' "$i"
./modules/install/02-install-tools.bm: line 462:  7773 Segmentation fault      perl -pi -e 's|Exec=sudo -H |Exec=kdesu -- |g' "$i"
./modules/install/02-install-tools.bm: line 462:  7774 Segmentation fault      perl -pi -e 's|Exec=sudo -H |Exec=kdesu -- |g' "$i"
./modules/install/02-install-tools.bm: line 462:  7775 Segmentation fault      perl -pi -e 's|Exec=sudo -H |Exec=kdesu -- |g' "$i"
./modules/install/02-install-tools.bm: line 462:  7776 Segmentation fault      perl -pi -e 's|Exec=sudo -H |Exec=kdesu -- |g' "$i"
./modules/install/02-install-tools.bm: line 462:  7777 Segmentation fault      perl -pi -e 's|Exec=sudo -H |Exec=kdesu -- |g' "$i"
./modules/install/02-install-tools.bm: line 462:  7778 Segmentation fault      perl -pi -e 's|Exec=sudo -H |Exec=kdesu -- |g' "$i"
./modules/install/02-install-tools.bm: line 462:  7779 Segmentation fault      perl -pi -e 's|Exec=sudo -H |Exec=kdesu -- |g' "$i"
./modules/install/02-install-tools.bm: line 462:  7780 Segmentation fault      perl -pi -e 's|Exec=sudo -H |Exec=kdesu -- |g' "$i"
In file "/usr/lib/menu/knoppix-gen-kwifi", at (or in the definition that ends at) line 1:
[...]iFiManager" command="sudo kwifimanager -caption "%c" %i %m  " icon=kwifimanager kderemove="y"
[...]                                                 ^
Expected: "="
Skipping file because of errors...
/proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found
Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
/dev/mapper/control: open failed: No such device
Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
/proc/misc: No entry for device-mapper found
Is device-mapper driver missing from kernel?
/dev/mapper/control: open failed: No such device
Failure to communicate with kernel device-mapper driver.
Incompatible libdevmapper 1.00.20-ioctl (2005-01-06)(compat) and kernel driver 
Warning: '/proc/partitions' does not match '/dev' directory structure.
    Name change: '/dev/cloop0' -> '/dev/cloop'
Warning: Unable to determine video adapter in use in the present system.
Fatal: open /usr/share/lilo/contrib/debian.bmp: No such file or directory

does anyone have any ideas on what the problem is? thanks..

[UnderScore]

This is not an official point of view but just my opinion.

A car is not designed for a good night of sleep. You can sleep in a car but unless you are dead tired, it is something that probably should not be done. Knoppix is not designed to be installed to the hard drive. It is designed to be a bootable CD. Sure it CAN be installed to the HD but it unless you are very experienced, it is something that should not be done. Or in other words, a hammer is a good hammer but make a poor knife.

If you want a boot from CD drive then use a Debian based live CD like Knoppix. If you want to install Knoppix to the HD (which is really Debian) then skip Knoppix & install Debian. If you want a pre-configured user-oriented desktop PC (not server) Debian based distro use Ubuntu (GNOME desktop) or Kubuntu (KDE desktop). If you want a real noob friendly desktop Debian based distro & are willing to pay a small yearly price for support & software updates use Linspire.

Perhaps you will find someone else to help you with your HD install & lilo problem.