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by manish_rit21

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Hi,
In Red hat Linux 7.3 during installation GRUB utility has been added in Linux 7.3, what is GRUB utility and what is the difference between LILO and GRUB. When to use GRUB and when to use LILO utility. Bye.
Manish.

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by alpha-male

Both the old (LILO) and new (GRUB) are bootloaders. They are quite similar in what they accomplish and allow, but GRUB is better than LILO. LILO relies on the absolute hard drive addresses to find the boot image, while GRUB understands the filesystems and looks for a file containing the boot image. In addition, after changing lilo's configuration the lilo command must be executed for the changes to take effect. GRUB seems a newer and superior product overall, but some prefer LILO for their experience and comfort with it.

Look here for details and specifics on both:

http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/mini/LILO.html

Good luck...hope this helps you find what's best for you!

by hiraghavendra

Hello, Grub and LILO are both boot loader. Grub is more easier and graphicial to use. Prefere Grub. If at all u choose to intall LILO download the latest package which has the 1024 above cylider problem solved.

by jcmcintyre

If you're new to Linux, you will probably lilo easier to work with. GRUB is "flexible and powerful", but you will probably find it easier to work with lilo

Cheers

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