LILO (bootloader)

LILO
Developer(s)Werner Almesberger (1992–1998), John Coffman (1999–2007), Joachim Wiedorn (since 2010)
Initial releaseJune 29, 1992; 32 years ago (1992-06-29)[1]
Final release
24.2[2] / November 22, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-11-22)
Repository
TypeBootloader
LicenseBSD-3-Clause
Websitewww.joonet.de/lilo/ Edit this at Wikidata

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]

  1. ^ "LILO vs. GRUB [LWN.net]". lwn.net. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  2. ^ Wiedorn, Joachim (2015-11-22). "LILO Bootloader for GNU/Linux". Archived from the original on 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
  3. ^ Pitts, David (1998). Red Hat Linux Unleashed. Sams Pub. pp. 28, 33. ISBN 978-0-672-31173-4.
  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.
  5. ^ "Debian Bug report logs - #973850 lilo: Should not be included in bullseye".

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