Linux loading programs or LILO is the most commonly used program that boots the Linux operating system, which will be described in detail by instance. If you first install Linux, you may need to use double boot. LILO (Linux Loader) is the simplest but most telescopic program that implements this function. When the computer is started, the BIOS executes a boot program located on the main boot record (MBR) or floppy disk, and the role of this program is to locate and load the operating system. If you are guiding Linux, the bootstrap will transfer the Linux kernel into memory. Lilo is a procedure for dried this work. First encounter LILO, it is estimated that when you install Linux, you will be asked to choose Lilo installation, which is MBR or the root partition of Linux. If you have other boot management programs such as boot magic or system commander, and want to use them, then you should install lilo to the root partition of Linux. If you choose to use Lilo as a startup manager, you can choose MBR. Such as 阆朐 谄舳 贝 莶 莶 莶 ω 肕 肕 BR. After using LILO as the startup program, there will be a LILO: prompt after the machine starts, press the Tab key to see the list of operating systems that can be selected. Enter the operating system tag name to start to the corresponding operating system, or enter the carriage return to the default operating system directly. Let's take a LILO start-up configuration file (/etc/lilo.conf) instance: boot = / dev / hda vga = normal read-only prompt default = dos timeout = 30 append = "HDC = IDE-SCSI" image = / Boot / vmlinuz label = linux root = / dev / hda2 init_ / boot / initrd The first option is boot, defined LILO installation location, '/ dev / hda' is installed to MBR to install lilo, so if you want to put As a start-up management program, LILO must be written! Conversely, you have to position him to a specific Linux root partition such as / dev / hda3. VGA is a configuration option that displays the boot menu, you can: 'Normal' (80x25 text mode), 'extended' (80x50 text mode), and 'ask' (prompt you to select text mode). When using the Read-Only option, the system is histed to read-only mode, which is recommended to adopt this option because the FSCK program requires that the file system is read only. But don't worry that your root partition will not be written. In contrast, once the system starts, it will hister the root partition to read and write. Prompt is an option that must be placed, otherwise there is no LILO's prompt. But press and hold the SHIFT button to see the prompt. Default Specifies the default boot image, and if not specified, the first defined image is a default. Timeout is a prompt showing the time, the unit is 0.1 seconds. Append is a very useful option, he allows you to pass additional parameters to the kernel, the example in the example is an erasable CD drive, the parameter passed is used to meet this drive, and this option is Individual useful use of machines that don't know memory.
