Translations:Handbook:AMD64/Blocks/Bootloader/21/en

LILO, the LInuxLOader, is the tried and true workhorse of Linux boot loaders. However, it lacks some features that GRUB has. The reason why LILO is still used is that, on some systems, GRUB doesn't work and LILO does. Of course, it is also used because some people know LILO and want to stick with it. Either way, Gentoo supports both.