lilo vs grub

Jim Cornette redhat-jc at insight.rr.com
Mon Oct 20 02:54:42 UTC 2003


gsc wrote:
> 
> "- lilo — GRUB is the recommended boot loader"
> recommended "means" obligation in this case... :-)
> 
> Why is so hard to keep two boot loader ?!
> 

I think that LILO and GRUB should both be included in the distribution. 
An important utility like a boot loader should have a backup version. I 
needed lilo to restore my ability to boot when I changed drives on the 
primary master.

Grub failed on an intermediate stage and I would have not been able to 
boot my system successfully without having lilo.

If it is a better choice for the eyes free mode for users. It makes even 
more sense to start including it again.

Jim

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