lilo vs grub

[Paul W. Frields]

On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 23:20, Mark Hoover wrote:
> From: Mark Mielke <mark at mark.mielke.cc>
>  >The argument about having to install grub on multiple partitions with
>  >RAID-1 is just silly. You only need to do it once every time you
>  >upgrade grub. With lilo, you have to do it every single time you
>  >upgrade your kernel, and every time you upgrade lilo. "Suffer" is an
>  >exaggeration in the context of this argument.
> 
> I find it absolutely amazing that someone who seems to fight so strongly 
> in favor of the choice to use Grub seems to be so against allowing those 
> who wish to use Lilo and have it included as an option in the installer.
> I've yet to see anybody here suggest removing Grub as an installer 
> option.  Most here would even be content to see it left as the default
> option for those who are new to Linux.
> 
> But how can we claim to be in favor of software choice when at the basic 
> level of the bootloader we can't even let there be a choice for those 
> who don't want to use one or the other.

Choice is a Good Thing.

1. Install product with Choice A included.
2. Hate Choice A.
3. Download and install Choice B.
4. Have joy.

-- 
Paul W. Frields, RHCE