A rant regarding LILO and various other related issues
Chris Adams
cmadams at hiwaay.net
Fri Apr 15 02:43:56 UTC 2005
Once upon a time, Guy Fraser <guy at incentre.net> said:
> On Wed, 2005-13-04 at 22:49 -0500, Chris Adams wrote:
> > And how is that one bit different than if you use LILO?
>
> Err
In other words, no answer.
> > > Yes Grub has a command line mode. Big whoop,
> >
> > Yes, big whoop. Real servers are not always at hand and don't always
> > have a rescue disk available. With LILO you are stuck if there is a
> > problem during boot, while with GRUB you have a command line that you
> > can try some things (and work around different types of issues).
>
> FUD
How is that FUD? I have given real world examples of why GRUB having a
command line should not be dismissed lightly. I've fixed non-booting
computers remotely with a serial console (at 115200, which LILO can't
do) at the GRUB prompt.
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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
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