MBR problems

[Alan Jackson]

My son with the belly-up machine has some more questions of the
esteemed forum...

My computer (before it went totally out-of-commission) was running three 
hard drives and one CD-ROM. Why I did this is beyond me. Anyway,
I had my Windows Disk as Primary Master (/dev/hda), my *second* Windows
disk as Primary Slave (/dev/hdb), my CD-ROM as Secondary Master (/dev/hdc),
and Linux as Secondary Slave (/dev/hdd). Linux *appears* to be installed on
/dev/hdd1, as LILO and the like inform me. By default, however, my MBR is on
my Primary Master (windows drive /dev/hda). I want to get rid of my windows
drives, mostly because I think my former Primary Master has been fried like
McDonald's food. My question, therefore is thus:
Can I perform a "lilo -M /dev/hdd" under my rescue disk (since there's no
other way to access my royally hosed computer) without it destroying /dev/hdd1?
I'm worried becuse I don't quite understand, which is typically a good reason
to be worried about something. I don't want to blow away something I have
stored on the MBR, or the rest of the disk for that matter.
Upon mandrake's install, does it put any crucial chain on my linux MBR, or am
I clear to free myself from the ****ed Windows drives?
Thanks, any and all help is appreciated!
Scott Jackson <scott_j at ajackson.org>

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