Be nice rickenbacherus, the man's just trying to get things working and doesn't know where to go for help.

That said, you should know better man. Don't be a user-level user. You have to be above that to work with Linux.... translation: you have to be willing to learn, and take responsibility for your system's wellfare. No competent admin would ever try to run or install a package they don't know. And that's what you are now, your own admin.

Lilo will be friendly. But worst case scenario: a word of advice. Make yourself a Win 98 boot disk, and if everything seems fried when you turn your system back on after installing Knoppix to the HD, chances are your master boot record (MBR) is toast. Boot with the M$ floppy, and type the following:

a:\> fdisk /mbr

That should set you straight. Welcome to the club, and don't worry... no one bites. Not even rickenbacherus, who's actually a really nice, helpful guy.

Good Luck,

Civ