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

[Chris Adams]

Once upon a time, Mike Bird <mgb-fedora at yosemite.net> said:
> On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 12:45, Chris Adams wrote:
> > Please document exact problems and they will be addressed.
> 
> The exact problem is: "Lilo has been removed".

That is not a technical problem with GRUB.  That is a user preference.
I like to use pan to read news, but it is gone.  I'd like to see pan as
part of FC, but there are other capable news clients included, so pan
will not come back.

> Software developers (other than Redhat's) recognise lack of reliability
> as a problem.  That's one of the reasons why we have system, alpha and
> beta testing after unit and link testing.  (Your terminology may vary.)

If you can cite _specific instances_ of GRUB's alleged unreliability
that have not been addresses in the current version, please open
Bugzilla cases.  Otherwise, your claims are baseless.

By your measure, Fedora should still include kernel 2.4 (and maybe 2.2
as well) because 2.6 had a history of being unreliable.

-- 
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.