The standard &architecture; boot loader is called silo. It is documented in /usr/share/doc/silo/. SILO is similar in configuration and usage to LILO, with a few exceptions. First of all, SILO allows you to boot any kernel image on your drive, even if it is not listed in /etc/silo.conf. This is because SILO can actually read Linux partitions. Also, /etc/silo.conf is read at boot time, so there is no need to rerun silo after installing a new kernel like you would with LILO. SILO can also read UFS partitions, which means it can boot SunOS/Solaris partitions as well. This is useful if you want to install GNU/Linux alongside an existing SunOS/Solaris install.