9.1. Boot Loaders and System Architecture
Each architecture capable of running Red Hat Enterprise Linux uses a different boot loader. The following table lists the boot loaders available for each architecture:
| Architecture | Boot Loaders |
|---|---|
| AMD® AMD64 | GRUB |
| IBM®eServer™System i™ | OS/400® |
| IBM®eServer™System p™ | YABOOT |
| IBM®System z® | z/IPL |
| IBM®System z® | z/IPL |
| Intel®Itanium™ | ELILO |
| x86 | GRUB |
This chapter discusses commands and configuration options for the GRUB boot loader included with Red Hat Enterprise Linux for the x86 architecture.