In trouble from the very start

[David A. Cobb]

Hi,
   I'm just getting my Debian GNU/Linux up to speed -- Kernel 2.6.8 - 
i386 (athlon-xp).
   I have gone along fine up to now with LILO.  It ain't fancy but it 
works.

   So, today, among other things, I installed Bastille.  That did some 
things to my setup; running is fine.

   HOWEVER, I installed a new kernel (2.6.9) - mostly because I need to 
synch up my kernel-source with my kernel-image and that's a pair I can 
get simultaneously. 
   I re-wrote the LILO.CONF and ran LILO.  The response was what I 
expected.  I rebooted.  AND THE OLD MENU IS STILL THE ACTIVE ONE.
   I glanced at the backup directory, and I see that the backup that 
was formerly "BACKUP.0300" is now "BACKUP.0307" -- I think that relates 
to what partition/address I'm actually booting.

   ANYWAY, I tried to install GRUB [0.95-cvs200406].

[16:27:54] bash # grub-install --recheck /dev/hda
Probing devices to guess BIOS drives. This may take a long time.
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc does not have any corresponding 
BIOS drive.
[18:33:52] bash #

That can't be good news.  It looks as though something [Bastille being a 
likely culprit] got in and made some clever changes to the bootstrapping 
process.

I need to undo this, whatever it is.
Can anyone help??

Thanks
--
David A. Cobb, semi-retired Software Engineer -- T-rex.