On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 6:41 AM, Simone Piccardi <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Correct. LILO was deemed 'not critical beginner knowledge' any
>> longer. However, an LPIC-2 level person should know how to deal with
>
> I still have some doubt having to maintain knowledge about obsolete and
> unused technology. Today this is no more legacy, it's just unused.
Hi Simone,
Your opinion is very valuable. As is everyone's. For example, I
received an e-mail about two weeks ago from someone telling me that
LPI is useless to him now because we dropped LILO from LPIC-1. Here's
a quote from the e-mail (it was private; I did invite him to join this
list and share this opinion but he hasn't surfaced yet):
/***** quote ******/
Well, Matt, you've done me a disservice removing LILO from the exam.
I don't (and do not plan) to ever install the GRUB Operating System on
any of my hundreds of servers. So now new LPIC graduates will have to
be tested by me. I don't/won't hire anyone who doesn't know LILO.
I can't reevaluate and change hundreds of systems on a whim. I
continue to install LILO today on new servers.
Can't believe you've allowed this.
LPIC now means little to me. If they can't get a system to boot using
LILO, all other knowledge is for naught.
/***** end quote *********/
So, time for a cage match? ;)
Regards,
--
G. Matthew Rice <[email protected]> gpg id: EF9AAD20
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