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Yes. "e" in "eLILO" stands for "EFI". But then (U)EFI is an OS in itself, you can boot Linux directly from it, no bootloader needed: https://wiki.archlinux.or
by nousermane 5y ago
Yes. "e" in "eLILO" stands for "EFI".
But then (U)EFI is an OS in itself, you can boot Linux directly from it, no bootloader needed:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/EFISTUB https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/EFISTUB
- mwcampbell 5y ago> But then (U)EFI is an OS in itself Would it be accurate to describe (U)EFI as being like MS-DOS (i.e. single-tasking), but running in protected mode?
- my123 5y agoIndeed, UEFI is the modern DOS.
- larvaetron 5y agoUEFI technically isn't single-tasking, it has a task scheduler.