Decision:

• Eliminate the hd..=scsi references from the append line.  See below
• Shorten all lines to 70 cols., if possible
• Add a warning about "word warping"

Thanks to all who took time to answer the questions, The answers were used to write the next section. 

SCSI references in the append line

The consensus (John G., Willie, Steve) is that the hd..=scsi references in the append line are unnecessary, "nonsensical", ...  They will be removed. 
Willie also raises the issue that so many arguments in the append line may choke the kernel, never mind how to pass them to it -- see the following 2 questions. 

Unknown.  Probably yes -- it's a normal *nix thing. 

No.  Willie has tried this in the last several weeks (late Jan. 2004) with Slackware 9.1, kernel 2.4.22, and it didn't work.

Other references in the append line

• apm=power-off

• nomce

• SCSI references in the append line

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• lilo.conf.2.1b
  • Explantion / Solution
  • Answer These Questions, PLEASE
  • Remaining issues

lilo.conf.2.1b

• I tried the command to enact lilo.conf on the XP machine

• Immediately it noted two commands not recognized - the cause was a couple of your comments must have been "word warped" and were not signified as comments, I corrected that.

• BUT then it noted:
  \n and \t not allowed in quoted strings at or above line 41
  I searched and could not find those

Explantion / Solution

Rather than adding a "#" to the beginning of the warped lines, the extraneous LF's or CR/LF's should be eliminated.  The remaining problem is in the long append line.  (Bill hasn't been doing Linux long enough to recognize '\n' as a newline.)

Choices:

• Re-download lilo.conf.2.1 making sure that the "word warping" does not occur. 
  I use vi in cases like this, but I'm not sure that is a good suggestion here. 
• Fix the "word warping" in the append line, but note: 
        http://www.linuxgazette.com/book/view/3774 says only 1 append line is allowed. 
• Try making 2 append lines, hoping that lilo now accepts multiple append lines. 
• Split the append line using '\' escape characters -- we could do that here. 
• Eliminate the hd..=scsi references from the append line.  I don't understand why they are there anyway. 

Answer These Questions, PLEASE

• Can an append line be split with '\' escapes? 

• Are multiple append lines now allowed? 

Remaining issues

• SCSI references in the append line
• Does the XP section need any map lines?

The Linux per-kernel sections were retained from the original lilo.conf, and they work.  However, the hd with the Linux install has been re-jumpered as a Slave, theorectically hdb. 
The BIOS is set to boot from the 2nd hd before the 1st, & calling it hda here is working for %lp%

Will XP also work like this, or do we need something like:

  map-drive = 0x80
    to = 0x81
  map-drive = 0x81
    to = 0x80

to make it boot properly? 

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# lilo.conf.ra.2.1
# 
# by Rick Archibald & other HLUG members
# A revised  lilo.conf  for Bill & Jake Archibald
# 
# However instructive, the original comments from  knx-hdinstall
# were obscuring the option lines & have been eliminated
# 

# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # 
# # # 
# # # # # 
# 
#            I n s t r u c t i o n s 
# 
#  (Download / Copy & Paste this file -- that could be done from 
#TWiki "raw" 
#mode)
# 
#  _Back up_ the original  lilo.conf   [mv lilo.conf lilo.conf.0]
#  Copy this file over  lilo.conf      [cp lilo.conf.ra.2.1 lilo.conf]
#  Run  lilo                           [lilo -v -v -v]
#  Reboot                              [reboot]
# 
#  To restore the original  lilo.conf  [cp lilo.conf.0 lilo.conf]
#                                      [lilo -v -v -v]
# 
# # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # 
# # # 
# # # # # 


# The following block was generated by  knx-hdinstall

vga=normal
lba32
boot=/dev/hda
root=/dev/hda1
install=/boot/boot-menu.b
map=/boot/map
append="hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi hdf=scsi 
hdg=scsi 
hdh=scsi apm=power-off nomce"
default=Linux


# The following global options were added

prompt
single-key
delay=100
timeout=100


# The following blocks were generated by  knx-hdinstall

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-xfs
        label=Linux
        read-only
        alias=1

image=/vmlinuz.old
        label=LinuxOLD
        read-only
        optional
        alias=2


# This XP block was added

other=/dev/hdb1
        label=WinXP
        optional
        alias=x