lilo.conf not generated?

[mod+linux-fai at std.com]

> after a successful installation the client won't boot because there
> is no new mbr record.  It seems, that the mbr is not recreated
> because there is no /etc/lilo.conf (or /tmp/target/etc/liloconf
> while installing).
>
> Any hints what can cause this?


In some cases I've seen problems because the /boot/boot.b
symlink is missing.  I'm not sure why this sometimes happens
but I believe it should be created during installation of LILO.