On Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:21:22 +0100 Raffaele Belardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> For the differences: > > Lilo uses the BIOS to access the partition where the image is > residing. It is file-system independent. This is accomplished at boot > sector installation time, by translating the location of the kernel > image into a list of disk sectors, which then LILO loads using the > BIOS. As a consequence, when you change anything about the kernel > (location, configuration...) you need to re-run lilo so that it can > update the map. > > Grub incorporates a reduced version of a file system, so it uses the > file system meta-information to access the kernel image at boot time. > That's why you don't need to re-run grub after modifying the kernel: > it gets the information it needs directly from the FS. > > Check Almesberger's paper "Booting linux: the history and the future" > for a very good overview, for example at: > ftp://icaftp.epfl.ch/pub/people/almesber/booting/bootinglinux-0.ps.gz > > raffaele > thx your explanation was sufficient for me :) Concise enough I understood perfectly. FEmme
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