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Once you have decided on target device and boot loader location, you can run the installer. The script is called installer and can be invoked as follows (the square brackets indicate an optional parameter):
installer [mbr] source-device target-device
For example, to install from the CD-ROM device /dev/hdc onto the partition /dev/hda2, placing LILO into the MBR of the /dev/hda hard disk, you would use:
installer mbr /dev/hdc /dev/hda2
Another example, installing from the second SATA CD-ROM device /dev/scd1 onto the third partition of the second SATA hard disk, placing LILO in the boot sector of the target partition:
installer /dev/scd1 /dev/sdb3
The installer will check if your source device contains a ttylinux CD-ROM before proceeeding. If the CD-ROM is found, a summary of what is going to be installed where is printed and you are given a last chance of aborting the whole install. Enter "yes" to continue the installation or anything else to abort.
The installer creates an ext2 filesystem on the target partition, then copies the distribution files onto the new filesystem, and finally installs the LILO bootloader.
Once the installer is finished, it prints out a success message. At this point you can remove the CD-ROM from your computer and reboot.