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Installing Linux 7
lets you give special options that modify how the operating system is booted. On Slackware and
some other Linux systems, LILO is used instead of GRUB as the default boot loader.
If LILO is being used on your computer, it is installed in either the master boot record or the first
sector of the root partition. The master boot record is read directly by the computer??™s BIOS. In general,
if LILO is the only loader on your computer, install it in the master boot record. If there is
another boot loader already in the master boot record, put LILO in the root partition.
If you are new to Linux and not familiar with boot loaders, it is highly recommended
that you learn and use GRUB instead of LILO. Support for LILO??”and inclusion in
distributions??”has been reduced recently in favor of GRUB.
Using LILO
When your computer boots with the Fedora version of LILO installed in the master boot record, a
graphical Fedora screen appears, displaying the bootable partitions on the computer. Use the up
and down arrow keys on your keyboard to select the one you want and press Enter. Otherwise, the
default partition that you set at installation will boot after a few seconds.
If you want to add any special options when you boot, press Ctrl+X.
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