LILO Configuration - Installation Location Choose the partition where you would like LILO to be installed. Choose to install LILO on the Master Boot Record (recommended), unless the MBR already starts another OS loader, such as System Commander. The MBR is a special area on your hard drive that is automatically loaded by your computer's BIOS, and is the earliest point at which LILO can take control of the boot process. If you install LILO in the MBR, when your machine boots, LILO will present a boot: prompt. You can then boot Red Hat Linux or any other operating system you configure LILO to boot. Choose to install LILO on the first sector of your boot partition, if you are using another boot loader. In this case, your other boot loader will take control first. You can then configure that boot loader to start LILO (which will then boot Red Hat Linux).