LILO (Linux Loader) is a boot loader for Linux and was the default boot loader for most Linux distributions. Unlike loadlin, it allowed booting Linux without having DOS on the computer.[3] As of 2009, most distributions had switched to GRUB as the default boot loader.[4] Further development of LILO was discontinued in December 2015 along with a request by Joachim Wiedorn for potential developers.[5]
 Standard LILO menu | |
| Developer(s) | Werner Almesberger (1992–1998), John Coffman (1999–2007), Joachim Wiedorn (since 2010) |
|---|---|
| Initial release | June 29, 1992[1] |
| Final release | 24.2[2]
/ November 22, 2015 |
| Repository | |
| Type | Bootloader |
| License | BSD-3-Clause |
| Website | www |
ELILO
edit| Developer(s) | HP |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 3.16
/ March 29, 2013 |
| Repository | |
| Type | Bootloader |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Website | sf |
For EFI-based PC hardware the now orphaned[6] ELILO boot loader was developed,[7] originally by Hewlett-Packard for IA-64 systems, but later also for standard i386 and amd64 hardware with EFI support.
On any version of Linux running on Intel-based Apple Macintosh hardware, ELILO is one of the available bootloaders.[8][dead link]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "LILO vs. GRUB [LWN.net]". lwn.net. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
- ^ Wiedorn, Joachim (2015-11-22). "LILO Bootloader for GNU/Linux". Archived from the original on 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ^ Pitts, David (1998). Red Hat Linux Unleashed. Sams Pub. pp. 28, 33. ISBN 978-0-672-31173-4.
- ^ Siever, Ellen; Figgins, Stephen; Love, Robert; Robbins, Arnold (2009-09-19). Linux in a Nutshell: A Desktop Quick Reference. "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". p. 506. ISBN 978-1-4493-7920-9.
- ^ "Debian Bug report logs - #973850 lilo: Should not be included in bullseye".
- ^ "ELILO: EFI Linux Boot Loader". Retrieved 2015-07-04.
This project is orphaned, Debian dropped it in 2014, and RH & SUSE stopped using this tree (and feeding back change) long before that so no longer interested in working on it.
- ^ "Chapter 24. Configuring ELILO". CentOS.org. Archived from the original on 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
- ^ Singh, Amit (January 21, 2009), "Bonus Content / Miscellaneous / Test-driving Linux on an Intel-based Macintosh", Mac OS X Internals: A Systems Approach, Addison-Wesley Professional (published 2006), ISBN 978-0321278548, archived from the original on May 28, 2022, retrieved May 8, 2018,
Additions to the book.
- ^ "Booting from the Network". Retrieved 2018-05-08.
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server – Installation and Administration Chapter 4. Central Software Installation and Update - 4.3. Booting from the Network
- ^ Fleischli, Jason; Eranian, Stephane (19 October 2009), "How to netboot using ELILO", ./docs/netbooting.txt, Hewlett-Packard Co.,
File found in the source code used as documentation. Possible to obtain via CVS repository.
Further reading
edit- Bonney, Laurence (2005-08-24). "Boot loader showdown: Getting to know LILO and GRUB: Contrast and compare these two contenders". IBM DeveloperWorks. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
External links
edit- Official website
- – Linux Programmer's Manual – Administration and Privileged Commands
- – Linux Programmer's Manual – File Formats
- PALO, PA-RISC bootloader