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In computing, a MILO, or the Alpha Linux Mini Loader, is a firmware replacement for early Alpha AXP hardware that allows the system to boot the Alpha version of the Linux operating system. It is capable of running Linux device drivers and reads available filesystems rather than looking for boot blocks. Newer Alpha hardware uses aboot.

References

1. "Linux on Alpha AXP—Milo, The Mini-loader | Linux Journal". Linux Journal. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
2. "Booting the Kernel". Linux Journal. Retrieved 2021-03-26.

External links

• Milo v2.2 at the Wayback Machine (archived October 1, 2007)
• MILO HOWTO at the Linux Documentation Project
• the AlphaLinux.org homepage
• Linux/MIPS

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Processes	Windows 9x NT Linux Android
Booting firmware	Types Proprietary firmware Open-source firmware Custom firmware Interfaces UEFI BIOS Video BIOS Open Firmware ACPI MultiProcessor Specification APM Legacy Plug and Play AlphaBIOS SRM SFI Implementations SeaBIOS Award BIOS American Megatrends AMIBIOS AMI Aptio InsydeH2O Phoenix SecureCore UEFI TianoCore EDK II OpenBIOS Coreboot Libreboot LinuxBoot Kickstart Run-Time Abstraction Services
Hybrid firmware bootloader	Common Firmware Environment Das U-Boot ARCS
Bootloaders	Bootloader unlocking Comparison of bootloaders Implementations Acronis OS Selector Barebox BootManager BootX (Apple) BootX (Linux) GNU GRUB iBoot systemd-boot loadlin NTLDR OpeniBoot RedBoot rEFInd rEFIt SYSLINUX Windows Boot Manager xOSL Yaboot Plop Boot Manager MILO
Partition layouts	GUID Partition Table Master boot record Apple Partition Map
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Utilities	Software flashrom fwupd UEFITool Odin Heimdall Hardware Bus Pirate Raspberry Pi ft2232
Network boot	Preboot Execution Environment gPXE iPXE NetBoot Remote Initial Program Load Wake-on-LAN Wake-on-ring
ROM variants	ROM PROM EPROM EEPROM
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