LILO (bootloader)

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LILO (Linux Loader) is a bootloader for Linux and was the default boot loader for most Linux distributions.Template:When Unlike loadlin, it allowed booting Linux without having DOS on the computer.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> As of 2009, most distributions have switched to GRUB as the default boot loader.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Further development of LILO was discontinued in December 2015 along with a request by Joachim Wiedorn for potential developers.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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For EFI-based PC hardware the now orphaned<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> ELILO boot loader was developed,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> originally by Hewlett-Packard for IA-64 systems, but later also for standard i386 and amd64 hardware with EFI support.

On any version of Linux running on Intel-based Apple Macintosh hardware, ELILO is one of the available bootloaders.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>

It supports network booting using TFTP/DHCP.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref>

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