Additional Resources

This chapter is only intended as an introduction to GRUB and LILO. Consult the following resources to discover more about how GRUB and LILO work.

Installed Documentation

/usr/share/doc/grub-0.92 — This directory contains good information about using and configuring GRUB.
The GRUB info page, accessible by typing the info grub command, contains a tutorial, a user reference manual, a programmer reference manual, and an FAQ document about GRUB and its usage.
/usr/share/doc/lilo-21.4.4 — This directory contains a wealth of information about using and configuring LILO. In particular, the doc subdirectory contains a postscript file called User_Guide.ps that is highly informative.

http://www.gnu.org/software/grub — The home page of the GNU GRUB project. This site contains information concerning the state of GRUB development and a FAQ.
http://www.uruk.org/orig-grub — The original GRUB documentation before the project was handed off to the Free Software Foundation for further development.
http://www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Multiboot-with-GRUB.html — Investigates various uses for GRUB, including booting operating systems other than Linux.
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue64/kohli.html — An introductory article discussing the configuration of GRUB on a system from scratch, including an overview of GRUB command line options.
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/LILO.html — This mini-HOWTO discusses various uses for LILO, including booting operating systems other than Linux.