Lennart Sorensen wrote: > 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.
Interesting. But not only not intuitive, more trouble than it's worth: grub-reboot 3 vs lilo -R Linux | BSD | Solaris what was 3 again? My OpenBSD install or my Solaris install. Now do I count from 0 for this or is that just disks and partitions? Bad enough the GRUB developers couldn't decide on a "standard" hard drive syntax already in use, like sdx or hdx or wdx or even the gobbledy gook that is Solaris device files, nor could they implement simple labels so even idiots can understand what they're going to reboot into. I'm already confused enough. > >> 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. Again, this is just too much trouble. And the install you forgot to dd because you only have to do it once? I'd sure like to see the mess after you fat-finger a key w/ dd. dd is the most dangerous command I know -- beats `alias rm='rm -f'` I already use it way too often for my liking. > >> 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. As long as I at least have the option -- so I can always opt not to install GRUB. > > Also grub is written in C, lilo is assembly. I know which one I find > easier to maintain and add features to. > I haven't the time or desire to maintain or add features to lilo, grub, or any of a thousand plus other packages. I install the binaries and run with them. If I tinker w/ 3 packages a year, that's a lot. Lilo needs to stay in the exam. Ciao, David A. Bandel
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