Using Linux Loader (ELILO) Commands

You can control the Linux boot process by using the ELILO Linux loader commands to select a non-default Linux boot configuration, specify additional boot options, or load a Linux kernel whose path you explicitly specify.

See “Booting to the Linux Loader (ELILO.EFI)” for details on accessing ELILO, using ELILO and elilo.conf, and managing the elilo.conf file.

ELILO Linux Loader Commands. The following commands are available for use when interacting with the ELILO Linux loader (the "ELILO boot" prompt).

Esc Enter: Exit the ELILO Linux loader.
Tab: List all entries (labels) in the current elilo.conf file.
? (question mark): List all disk devices available to the ELILO Linux loader.

Linux Booting Using ELILO Commands and Options. The following list describes uses of ELILO to load Linux.

Select a non-default Linux boot configuration to be loaded.
1. Access the "ELILO boot" prompt.
2. Type the Tab key to list all boot configuration entries in the elilo.conf file.
3. Enter the name of the boot entry you want to load.
  ELILO boot: Tab linux linux-up (or any kernel file name: [dev_name:]/path/file) ELILO boot: linux-up Uncompressing Linux... done Loading initrd initrd-2.4.18-e.12.img...done
Specify additional boot options when loading a Linux boot configuration.
1. Access the "ELILO boot" prompt.
2. Type the Tab key to list all boot configuration entries in the elilo.conf file.
3. Enter the name of the boot entry you want to load, followed by any additional boot options to apply. See bootparam(7) or other Linux manpages for details on kernel boot options.
  ELILO boot: linux S Uncompressing Linux... done Loading initrd initrd-2.4.18-e.12smp.img...done

Load a kernel by explicitly specifying the kernel path and any boot options to be used.

Access the "ELILO boot" prompt.
Type ? (question mark) to list all boot devices.

Enter the full path to the Linux kernel you wish to load, and specify any kernel boot options to apply.

ELILO boot: scsi0:/efi/redhat/vmlinuz-2.4.18-e.12 root=/dev/sda2 console=ttyS0
Uncompressing Linux... done
Linux version 2.4.18-e.12 (bhcompile@rocky.devel.redhat.com) (gcc version 2.96 2
0000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.2 2.96-112.7.2)) #1 Thu Oct 17 15:22:28 EDT 2002

Using Linux Loader (ELILO) Commands

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