跟其他Linux发行版一样，Fedora8使用Grub作为32位和64位X86系统的启动加载器（bootloader）。grub的配置文件主要是/boot/grub/grub.conf，而/boot/grub/menu.list是这个文件的软连接（soft link)。该配置文件样式如下。
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd1,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/sda7
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/sda
default=0
timeout=5
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
hiddenmenu
title Fedora (2.6.23.1-42.fc8)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.6.23.1-42.fc8.img
title WindowsXP
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader +1
主要分为三个部分，开始的注释（＃开头）不算，依次是通用的选项，Fedora 8的启动选项和Windows系统的启动选项。