跟其他Linux發行版一樣，Fedora8使用Grub作為32位和64位X86系統的啟動加載器（bootloader）。grub的配置文件主要是/boot/grub/grub.conf，而/boot/grub/menu.list是這個文件的軟連接（soft link)。該配置文件樣式如下。

# 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

主要分為三個部分，開始的注釋（＃開頭）不算，依次是通用的選項，Fedora 8的啟動選項和Windows系統的啟動選項。