LPI Linux Certification/Troubleshooting Bootloaders

Detailed Objective

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Description:
Candidates should be able to determine specific stage failures and corrective techniques.

• Key knowledge area(s):
  • LILO
  • GRUB
  • Know the different bootloader install locations on a hard disk or removable device
  • Overwriting standard bootloader options or using bootloader shells

• The following is a partial list of the used files, terms and utilities:
  • The contents of /boot/ and /boot/grub/
  • /etc/lilo.conf
  • grub
  • grub-install
  • lilo

further reading

• Operating System Design/Initialization/Bootloader describes the bootloader in detail (of any OS).