Lilo is a generic boot loader for Linux. Distribution includes full source, documentation and support files, but no pre-compiled binaries.
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Breaking the 1024 cylinders borders in a milestone for lilo
LILO loader
This version does not support large number of cylinders (>1023) The new DELL Latitude with a hard disk of 17Gb has cylinder size > 1024 (2520) and more than 1023 cylinders. Lilo fails to load "LI nothing"