On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 11:05:37PM -0500, Michael Lankton wrote: > Why is it that linux requires LILO and the Hurd requires GRUB to boot?
Linux doesn't require LILO. Hurd dos not require Grub, but more specifically a boot loader that supports the mulitboot standard. The trick is that Grub can load several files into memory before aunching. Lilo can't do that. > Sorry to digress, just really curious. And too lazy to read the odcs, I assume :) Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org for public PGP Key [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/
