boot.7: LILO is not used often anymore

On 6/18/23 22:05, Oskari Pirhonen wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 13:11:29 +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
>> Hello Alejandro,
>> On Sun, Mar 12, 2023 at 12:31:37AM +0100, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
>>> On 3/11/23 18:13, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
>>>> Without further ado, the following was found:
>>>>
>>>> Issue:    This is true only on x86 and Lilo is probably not much
>>>>           used anymore; also systemd has its own (?) bootloader
>>
>> Lilo has just been removed from Debian, so to my knowledge only
>> Mageia ships it.
>>
>
> FWIW, Gentoo still has LILO in the repos.  This doesn't change the
> fact that it probably does not see much use anymore.  Definitely not
> enough to warrant being mentioned as "is often".  Maybe a historical
> note, if anything.

Reported-by: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
Reported-by: Oskari Pirhonen <xxc3ncoredxx@gmail.com>
Cc: Mario Blaettermann <mario.blaettermann@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>

diff --git a/man7/boot.7 b/man7/boot.7
index dab4a1aacedd5d0db44026d4cf7ba5fead1491f4..b57f5a1bb329cb11f3ff904dcf5083ae6f75c379 100644 (file)
--- a/man7/boot.7
+++ b/man7/boot.7
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ a primary OS loader and a secondary OS loader; this secondary
 OS loader may be located within a larger portion of persistent
 storage, such as a disk partition.
 .PP
-In Linux, the OS loader is often either
-.BR lilo (8)
-or
-.BR grub (8).
+In Linux, the OS loader is often
+.BR grub (8)
+(an alternative is
+.BR lilo (8)).
 .SS Kernel
 When the kernel is loaded, it initializes various components of
 the computer and operating system; each portion of software