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LPI Linux Certification/Troubleshooting Bootloaders
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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).
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