Boot from a floppy
# dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/fd0 bs=512 count=1
This makes an exact copy of the MBR of the first hard drive, copying it
to a floppy disk. You can boot directly from this floppy, and see your
old boot menu.
To write lilo to floppy:
# /sbin/lilo -b /dev/fd0
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