> From: Kyle Hargraves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Tue, 15 Jan 2002, Rodolfo J. Paiz wrote: > > > At 1/15/2002 04:06 PM -0500, you wrote: > > >I'd really prefer to use LILO as > > >boot loader since I have no experience with GRUB, unless someone convince me > > >that GRUB will make things easier :) > > > > When I installed a newer kernel with "rpm -ivh" (so that it installs > > alongside the old one *without* upgrading and deleting the previous one) > > GRUB automatically recognized it and made all necessary adjustments. > > Delightful. > > I suppose its a matter of philosophy. What this gentleman > describes as 'Delightful' I'd adjugicate as 'bloody fearful' ! > > What if it was necessary, for some reason, to continue with the > old kernel for a period of time ?? With lilo one has the choice > as to what kernel to load. Having made that point I admit to > having overlooked re-runing /sbin/lilo - with the ensuing > frustrations ! >
With grub, it keeps the old kernel around and lets you choose which one just as with lilo (and you don't need to re-run /sbin/grub). Dave _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
