Chapter 4. Boot Loaders
Before Red Hat Linux can run on a system, it must be started by special program
called a boot loader. The boot loader program
usually exists on the system's primary hard drive or other media device
and is responsible for loading the Linux kernel its required files, or, in
some cases, other operating systems into memory.
Boot Loaders and System Architecture
Each system architecture which can run Red Hat Linux uses a different boot
loader. For example, the Alpha architecture uses the
aboot boot loader, while the Itanium architecture
uses the ELILO boot loader.
This chapter discuss commands and configuration options for the two boot
loaders supplied with Red Hat Linux 8.0 for x86 architecture: GRUB and LILO.
