| What is LILO and different tasks handle by LILO?
LILO is one of the boot loader for Linux. Its full form is Linux Loader. We used LILO to load Linux into memory and helps in starting the operating system. LILO is customizable and we can configure it to boot other operating systems as well from LILO. If the default configuration in LILO is not correct we can changed in it. The file used for config in LILO is lilo.conf. LILO other features is that it is also a code snippet that loads PC BIOS into the main memory at the time starting the computer system.
Below are the different tasks handle by LILO:-
(1)It helps in starting the kernal
(2)It helps in locating Linux kernel
(3)It helsp in identifying other supporting programs and loading them in memory
LILO is also knows as "boot manager" because of selection of various Kernel images and boot routines is supported by LILO. | | |