LILO fails to write /etc/lilo.conf and hence install on MBR.

Service screen Alt-F3:

<snip>
touching /etc/mtab
creating /etc/fstab
failed to mkdir /mnt/mnt/cdrom: file exists
installed kernel version 2.1.133-1
running: /bin/insmod /bin/insmod /modules/loop.o
running: /sbin/mkinitrd /sbin/mkinitrd -f
/boot/initrd-2.1.133-1.img --ifneeded 2.1.133-1
	root is /mnt
running /bin/rmmod /bin/rmmod loop


Cheers,
Dan