[Fwd: [Bug 154763] Grub is inadequate without Lilo for backup]

[Jim Martin]

Mike Bird wrote:

>On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 14:47, Jim Martin wrote:
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>>seth vidal wrote:
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>>>Not to pick semantic nits but fedora is not a product. It is a project.
>>>It does not have customers - it has users and a community.
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>>>if you want a product, use rhel. There you are a customer.
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>>This is the BEST reply to this whole idiotic thread I have read so far.  
>>You tell 'em Seth!! 10 Points.
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>Jim,
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>Redhat VP Michael Tiemann presumably understands that Fedora exists both
>as a Project and, in various versions, as Products.  He was referring to
>Fedora when he spoke at FUDCON.  
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>Would you care to offer any reasons as to why Lilo should or should not
>be available during Fedora and RHEL installations?
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>--Mike Bird
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I am not sure this is actually addressed to me, but being the sod that I 
am , I will reply anyway.
(Correct me if I am wrong) but Fedora no longer supports LiLo, and 
therefore it would not be included as part of Fedora Core, the project.

It is however available (as are hundreds of titles) for download and 
install if this is indeed what you want to use. I personally don't see 
any need for lilo, but then again, I only use FC for personal reasons, 
not for business, so it is possible there is something I am not getting.

You cannot expect the Fedora Project to support and supply every package 
available, that is not what the Project is about, as far as I know. I am 
sure that Fedora Project has their reasons for not including it, I see 
no point in beating a dead (insert whatever animal is not offensive to 
you). Installing LiLo is not hard, I would be happy to create a step by 
step tutorial if you would like.

Jim