Using GRUB instead of LILO:
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On older debian systems (upgraded from woody), LILO is most often the
default boot loader.

To change this do the following:

apt-get install grub
mkdir /boot/grub
cp /lib/grub/i386-pc/* /boot/grub/ -R
grub

Set the root device (partition containing /boot) and install boot loader
to MBR.

root (hd0,x)
setup (hd0)

where x is partition number - 1

Next we make a new menu.lst in /boot/grub containing the following:

default 0
timeout 5
color cyan/blue white/blue

And finally we update this menu.lst by doing

/sbin/update-grub

We should now be ready to boot the new system.