On Dienstag 22 Juni 2010, walt wrote: > On 06/22/2010 11:44 AM, Dale wrote: > > Tanstaafl wrote: > >> On 2010-06-18 12:17 PM, Bill Longman wrote: > >>> And finally, don't even mention how braindead the "new" improved > >>> grub is. I wonder how anyone can feel that having to write six > >>> paragraphs> in some one-off bash-like language, which needs to be > >>> debugged, is better than four lines in a config file. > >> > >> This brings up a question I've been meaning to ask... > >> > >> Since I have no desire to experience this new 'improved' GRUB, but don't > >> like LILO - how long will it be before I'll be forced to make a choice? > >> Meaning, how long will legacy GRUB still be supported? > > > > If I read the home page correctly, they are not really doing much more > > than bug fixes on the old grub. That was my reading at least. I'm > > dreading that day too. I sort of like my old grub. I started on lilo and > > grub has seriously grown on me. I'll switch to the new grub tho. I have > > NO plans to go back to lilo. None whatsoever ! ! > > IIUC the change will be forced by mobo manufacturers when they adopt the > newer partition tables and boot/BIOS methods . They have catchy acronyms > that I can't remember, naturally, but we've all seen them discussed in this > group from time to time. Don't buy new mobos and you can stick to old > grub.
mobos? why should mobos have any influence? And what have mobos to do with the fact that whenever GNU lay their dirty hands on a project they will no rest until they turned something decent and usefull into an overly complex, drowned in obscure options and hard to configure mess?
