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| author | Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> | 2023-07-08 17:34:30 +0200 |
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| committer | Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org> | 2023-07-08 18:32:56 +0200 |
| commit | 691eaf7639a1d2f8bdc27405b13b08f7e023e078 (patch) | |
| tree | 3c2df4fd73771e82cccb4307901a2573aeea7d99 | |
| parent | 0961dc4e39d6c70aad5f5a41a9c4ff1a27437d91 (diff) | |
boot.7: LILO is not used often anymore
On 6/18/23 22:05, Oskari Pirhonen wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 13:11:29 +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
>> Hello Alejandro,
>> On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 12:31:37AM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
>>> On 3/11/23 18:13, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
>>>> Without further ado, the following was found:
>>>>
>>>> Issue: This is true only on x86 and Lilo is probably not much
>>>> used anymore; also systemd has its own (?) bootloader
>>
>> Lilo has just been removed from Debian, so to my knowledge only
>> Mageia ships it.
>>
>
> FWIW, Gentoo still has LILO in the repos. This doesn't change the
> fact that it probably does not see much use anymore. Definitely not
> enough to warrant being mentioned as "is often". Maybe a historical
> note, if anything.
Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
Reported-by: Oskari Pirhonen <xxc3ncoredxx@gmail.com>
Cc: Mario Blaettermann <mario.blaettermann@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | man7/boot.7 | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man7/boot.7 b/man7/boot.7 index dab4a1aac..b57f5a1bb 100644 --- a/man7/boot.7 +++ b/man7/boot.7 @@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ a primary OS loader and a secondary OS loader; this secondary OS loader may be located within a larger portion of persistent storage, such as a disk partition. .PP -In Linux, the OS loader is often either -.BR lilo (8) -or -.BR grub (8). +In Linux, the OS loader is often +.BR grub (8) +(an alternative is +.BR lilo (8)). .SS Kernel When the kernel is loaded, it initializes various components of the computer and operating system; each portion of software |