Developer(s) | Werner Almesberger (1992–1998), John Coffman (1999–2007), Joachim Wiedorn (since 2010) |
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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 boot loader for Linux and was the default boot loader for most Linux distributions in the years after the popularity of loadlin.[ when?] As of 2009, most distributions had switched to GRUB as the default boot loader. [3] Further development of LILO was discontinued in December 2015 along with a request by Joachim Wiedorn for potential developers. [4]
Developer(s) | HP |
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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 [5] ELILO boot loader was developed, [6] 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. [7][ dead link]
It supports network booting using TFTP/ DHCP. [8] [9]
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.