SuperLinux Encyclopedia - Boot Loaders

Also see Installing Linux (Multiple OS Installations).

LILO:

• LILO documentation: The online stuff is old. The LILO tarballs should have current versions.
• LILO User's Guide  Large and detailed usage manual.
• LILO Technical Overview  Several pages on the nitty gritty stuff; how it works.
• LILO mini-HOWTO   Examples of typical LILO installations.
• Multi-Booting with LILO
• To replace a corrupt LILO boot record: (off Usenet) "boot off of your redhat cd, then change to a different vt. Then run `chroot desired_partition_device_for_root_dir] bash` and rerun lilo and reboot."

Loadlin:

• Loadlin.exe Installer  Nov'98 LG

MILO:

• MILO HOWTO   How to use the DEC Alpha Linux Miniloader (MILO).
• MILO images   (ftp dir)

Others:

• Multiboot Standard  Good proposal for a common bootloader with lots of good info.
• GRUB - GRand Unified Bootloader  A multi-OS LILO replacement project.
• Power Boot   $ & crippled demo.
• SILO:   This is the Solaris version of LILO.
• System Commander   $; has advertised in Linux Journal
• Wolfpack Boot Manager  Graphical, virus-protecting, multi-OS boot manager for floppy or first HD.

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