| LILO or LInux LOader is the standard boot loader | | | | corrupted or damaged. |
| used for Linux systems. Irrespective of the file | | | | The space on a Linux based hard disk is divided |
| system type, it can be placed in boot sector of | | | | into blocks, which are further organized into block |
| partition or MBR. When you start the system and | | | | groups. Each of these block groups is described |
| LILO loads, it performs a series of steps and | | | | by a group block descriptor. Descriptor table is the |
| displays the word 'LILO'. With each letter you see | | | | index table of these group block descriptors. |
| on the screen, it implies that it has successfully | | | | Solution |
| completed a task. But if LILO fails at some point, | | | | To solve this issue, you need to carry out these |
| you find that the complete word 'LILO' is not | | | | methods: |
| displayed and hence you can't boot Linux and | | | | You should first verify that disk parameters in |
| access your data. To restore the lost data, you | | | | BIOS (Basic Input Output System) are correct. |
| need to use a recent data backup. However, if | | | | Try reformatting the partition and reinstalling LILO. |
| data backup is not available, invalid or not | | | | You need to restore the lost data using an |
| up-to-date, Linux Data Recovery solutions can be | | | | updated backup. But if you face some issues with |
| used to extract the lost or inaccessible data. | | | | the backup, you can use Linux Recovery |
| Consider a scenario, you start the Linux system | | | | applications. |
| and the boot process halts with three letters 'LIL' | | | | If the problem persists, you should run fsck to |
| on the screen. After the occurrence of this issue, | | | | check and correct any corruption issues. |
| you can't boot the Linux system. | | | | Reformat the hard drive if fsck fails to fix file |
| Cause | | | | system problems and restore data from backup. |
| The above issue occurs if descriptor table is | | | | |