| LILO | GRUB (Grand Unified Bootloader) | |
| 16 boot selections | unlimited | |
| can't boot from network | can boot from network | |
| has to be rewritten again | dynamically configurable | |
| Supports Logical Block Address Mode | modern BIOS can access more than 8GB of disk, grub can access all of it | |
| Can run from or install into any device | ||
| can decompress OS images before boot | ||
| replaces default MBR | 512 bytes primary boot loader and partition table | |
| works in stages | ||
| has own notation |
Grub has it's own notation,
hd - hard drive
fd - floppy disk
cd - CD - ROM
eg: (hd0,1) First hard drive second partition
(It's to say that GRUB don't discriminate among IDE, SCSI, primary or logical)
default=0 timeout=30 splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/spash.xpm.gz #Linux title Linux root(hd0,3) kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/hda4 ro # (1) Windows title Windows XP rootnoverify (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader + 1
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