On Sun, Nov 28, 1999 at 10:26:22PM +0530, C Hanish Menon wrote:
>
> Arun Wrote
> > multilevel bootloader.
>
> Is there any advantage, I mean significant advantage and which can't be
> achieved thro lilo.
>
Yes.
(a) I don't have to run /sbin/lilo everytime I install a new kernel.
(b) If I have 20 kernels, I don't want them all listed in /etc/lilo.conf
(c) If I do things like defragmentation, I don't want to run lilo
(d) Even things like backing up and restoration can screw you up
cp /boot/vmlinuz /boot/vmlinuz.orig
cp /boot/vmlinuz.orig /boot/vmlinuz
reboot and you can't boot anymore.
It's not a major shortcoming, but its annoying given that better ways
exist.
As for the capability to boot other OSes, LILO doesn't do the work, but
acts as a chain boot loader.
-Arun
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