On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 06:35:06AM -0500, David A. Bandel wrote: > Unfortunately, LILO is not the default on any distro that I know of. So > I have to rip out GRUB (actually Debian allows me to choose LILO and not > install GRUB in expert mode). My reasons for needing LILO: > 1. I can remotely choose a kernel prior to reboot (default is old > kernel) -- has saved me a _long_ plane trip many times (like when I > forget to reinstall madwifi after a kernel upgrade).
grub (at least on debian) has that too. Just grub-reboot to pick the kernel for the next boot, and after that it will go back to the current one again. > 2. Native support for software RAID1 (GRUB is clueless here, won't > write both MBRs in a RAIDed /boot partition) True, but unlike lilo you only have to write the MBR once, not everytime the config changes. I just dd the MBR to the second disk. > 3. Has always "just worked" for me (can't say the same for GRUB). > > I hope one day at least some distros will get a clue and reverse this > (or at least leave LILO as an option). Well Debian leaves it as an option, but I sure hope no one ever makes lilo default again. Also grub is written in C, lilo is assembly. I know which one I find easier to maintain and add features to. -- Len Sorensen _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
