Quick Answer: What Are the Most Common Linux Boot Managers?
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For Linux, the two most common boot loaders are known as LILO (LInux LOader) and LOADLIN (LOAD LINux). An alternative boot loader, called GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader), is used with Red Hat Linux. LILO is the most popular boot loader among computer users that employ Linux as the main, or only, operating system.

What is the best boot manager?

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What is a boot manager Linux?

Boot managers

A boot manager or boot loader is the intermediate piece of code that helps the hardware and firmware of your system load an operating system for you. This tutorial discusses the PC boot process and the three main boot loaders that are used in Linux: GRUB, GRUB 2, and LILO with MBR formatted disks.

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