Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Difference between Grub and LILO

You may have heard about another Linux bootloader called LILO (stands for LInux LOader). While a sensible option for many Linux users, I believe that GRUB is a better choice, for several reasons:
  • LILO supports only up to 16 different boot selections; GRUB supports an unlimited number of boot entries.
  • LILO cannot boot from network; GRUB can.
  • LILO must be written again every time you change the configuration file; GRUB does not.
  • LILO does not have an interactive command interface.
All in all, it seems that GRUB is the winner

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