So, what's the deal with the orange links?

Well, obviously, they're not really links.  A lot of them could be, though. They are unfinished business.  I colored some of the words orange to draw my attention to them. These are items whose accuracy I need to verify, words I need to link to other parts of the site, or subjects that may deserve a paragraph or page of their own. A way of letting you know that I'm aware of the unfinished bits. A more subtle way of having parts "under construction" without disrupting the overall appearance of the site.

Warning: Changing things in your computer can mess it up!

If you don't understand the implication of the above statement, then maybe you shouldn't be fooling around with your computer, Linux, and especially boot loaders.

Please keep in mind the following:

• The information found here is based on my own understanding of it, compiled from various sources.
• I have tried some of these procedures, but not all of them.
• I can't guarantee the success of any of them.
• You shouldn't try anything without first understanding what it does.
• Do not try any of the procedures if you don't have a boot floppy, or don't know how to use the boot disk to boot or recover your system.
• No one has paid me to provide this information, so no one can hold me responsible for it. I created the LILO pages for my own amusement, education, and for the possibility of helping others.
• Above all, never take as gospel anything you read on the Internet.

These pages were originally written in 1998 and as such reflect heavily the operation and behaviour of Red Hat Linux 5.1. LILO version 20 was released in 1997 and as of 1999, has not changed. Thus, LILO will operate as described, but you may see changes in how Linux install programs behave. Since LILO can pass arguments to the Kernel, certain configuration commands could change as well.