Rusty Carruth wrote:
>
> Jerry Sternesky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I think it is as simple as Linux Loader if I recall, it's has been awhile
> > since I thought about it. So a guess would be SI is Solaris Loader and MI
> > could be for minix.
>
> Don't know what the 'I' in SILO is for, but:
>
> LILO - LInux LOader
> SILO - Sparc lInux LOader (I'm guessing)
Since SILO muddies the waters (should have been SPLO, SLLO or LISP :^), maybe
*ILO should have been:
Linux Initial LOader
Sparc Initial LOader
Minix Initial LOader
for consistency.
> I recall reading something about some trademark problems
> with 'sparc' or something - perhaps a trip to the sparc linux pages
> would help there...
>
> Or that's what I've been understanding since about the 0.xx days (what, 10 years
> ago! yikes, I'm an old man! ;-)
But are you retired yet..? :^)
Pierre
> > On Saturday 02 June 2001 19:35, Vincent Danen wrote:
> >
> > > > Does anyone know what LILO stands for? I thought it meant "Linux In
> > > Linux Out", but if that's the case, what does SILO or MILO stand for?
>
> (if any of the above words are trademarks, well then they are!)
>
> rc
>
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