Booting with LILO (later)

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Notes:

Then the kernel grew, until even when
gzipped, it no longer fit in the first mb
of memory. Changes to both LILO and
the kernel allow `big zipped' kernels
(bzImages) to be loaded above 1mb.
(Note that bzImages are not made
using `bzip'.) LILO uses protected
mode to load the kernels, and jumps
into them in protected mode.
The most recent LILO uses new BIOS
calls (if possible) to load kernels from
outside the CHS area on disk.