MILO (bootloader)
In computing, a MILO, or the Alpha Linux Mini Loader,{{Cite web|title=Linux on Alpha AXP—Milo, The Mini-loader {{!}} Linux Journal|url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/1202|access-date=2021-03-26|website=Linux Journal}}{{Cite web|title=Booting the Kernel|url=https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2239|access-date=2021-03-26|website=Linux Journal}} is a firmware replacement for early Alpha AXP hardware that allows the system to boot the Alpha version of the Linux operating system. It is capable of running Linux device drivers and reads available filesystems rather than looking for boot blocks. Newer Alpha hardware uses aboot.
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External links
- {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001021730/http://milo.core-systems.de/|date=October 1, 2007|title=Milo v2.2}}
- [http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/MILO-HOWTO MILO HOWTO at the Linux Documentation Project]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/19990117014622/http://www.alphalinux.org/ the AlphaLinux.org homepage]
- [http://www.fifi.org/doc/HOWTO/en-html/MIPS-HOWTO-7.html Linux/MIPS]
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