what are the linux boot files?
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Lilo and GRUB both are boot loader..
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Answer / rajeev
There are two boot loaders grub and lilo.
For grub boot loader file is /boot/grub.conf
For lilo /etc/lilo.conf
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Answer / rallapalli
Boot files means which files r using system to boot
1./boot/grub/grub.cof : contains boot disk parameters
2./etc/fstab : contains File systems which need to mount at
boot time
3./etc/initab : Contains default runlevel
4./etc/init.d/rc.d/rcN.d : This is a dir it contains
runlevel scripts which services are going to start at boot time.
Note : N is numeric value ( 0....6)
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Answer / vpalavarapuv
Dear friends, the question is very clear. They are asking Linux boot files not types Linux booting.
The answer for this question is:
vmlinuz
initrd.img
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Kernel and init.d files.
Both will be initiated in grup.conf file.
[root@localhost grub]# cat grub.conf
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making
changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to
/boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda2
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=1
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (2.6.9-42.ELsmp)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-42.ELsmp ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.6.9-42.ELsmp.img
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS-largesmp (2.6.9-42.ELlargesmp)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-42.ELlargesmp ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.6.9-42.ELlargesmp.img
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS-up (2.6.9-42.EL)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-42.EL ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.6.9-42.EL.img
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