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220-1002 · Question #44

A Linux system powers on but fails to complete the boot process. Which of the following should be checked FIRST to correct the issue?

The correct answer is B. lilo/grub. GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader) and LILO (LInux LOader) are the Linux bootloaders responsible for loading the kernel after POST. If a Linux system powers on but fails to complete the boot process, the bootloader is the first component in the startup chain to investigate for…

Hardware and network troubleshooting

Question

A Linux system powers on but fails to complete the boot process. Which of the following should be checked FIRST to correct the issue?

Options

  • Asudo
  • Blilo/grub
  • Cifconfig
  • Dntldr

How the community answered

(29 responses)
  • A
    3% (1)
  • B
    93% (27)
  • C
    3% (1)

Explanation

GRUB (GRand Unified Bootloader) and LILO (LInux LOader) are the Linux bootloaders responsible for loading the kernel after POST. If a Linux system powers on but fails to complete the boot process, the bootloader is the first component in the startup chain to investigate for corruption or misconfiguration. sudo (A) is a runtime privilege-escalation command and is not involved in booting. ifconfig (C) is a network interface configuration command used after the OS is running. ntldr (D) is the Windows NT Loader and is irrelevant to Linux boot failures.

Topics

#Linux boot#GRUB/LILO#boot loader#system startup

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