lilo (and all its relatives) should be in /etc/lilo for the following

reasons:
  - it is consistent with the good tradition to keep files that are

    needed for system recovery on the root partition.

  - it doesn't get in the way with other things (thus is isn't in

    /etc) and there is room for expansion (e.g. new chain loaders)

  - typically, /etc/lilo/lilo isn't invoked directly by the user.

  - /etc/lilo/install runs /etc/lilo/lilo. It's sort of an executable

    configuration file (like /etc/rc) which wouldn't really belong

    into /bin or /usr/bin.
Of course, it's ultimately a question of personal preferences where

one puts those files, but keeping them in /etc/lilo at least makes

updates quite a bit easier. (make install; /etc/lilo/install)
- Werner

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