LILO | |
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![]() 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 |
LILO (Linux Loader) is a bootloader for Linux and was the default boot loader for most Linux distributions [when?]. Unlike loadlin, it allowed booting Linux without having DOS on the computer.[3] As of 2009, most distributions have 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]
elilo | |
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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]
It supports network booting using TFTP/DHCP.[9][10]
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.
Additions to the book.
SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server – Installation and Administration Chapter 4. Central Software Installation and Update - 4.3. Booting from the Network
File found in the source code used as documentation. Possible to obtain via CVS repository.