vote for Lilo

[Samuel Flory]

Gordon Messmer wrote:
> Globe Trotter wrote:
> 
>> I am just about to try out Fedora. I had trouble using GRUB and RAID 
>> on Shrike
>> (RH9) earlier. The problem went away when I used LILO. I was wondering 
>> if the
>> problem of not being able to boot at all, using GRUB (with RAID) have 
>> been
>> taken care of. Because otherwise, Fedora would be a non-starter for me.
> 
> 
> Don't put /boot on a RAID partition... simple.  I don't believe that 
> either Grub or LILO are going to work reliably on any RAID type other 
> than RAID 1.


    Lilo in RH 9 works great on RAID1 arrays.  Unlike with grub the RH 9 
installer installed lilo to both drives.  Doing that with grub is 
interesting to say the least.
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