Linux Loader

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Linux Loader

   <operating system> (LILO) A {boot loader} for {Linux}.  LILO
   does not depend on a specific {file system}, it can boot Linux
   {kernel images} from {floppy disks} and {hard disks} and can
   even boot other {operating systems}.  One of up to sixteen
   differernt images can be selected at {boot time}.  Various
   {parameters}, such as the {root device}, can be set
   independantly for each kernel.  LILO can even be used as the
   {master boot record}.

   (2006-09-12)