On Thu 07 Jul 2016 at 14:39:51 (-0400), Gary Dale wrote: > The big selling feature of Grub over Lilo was that it didn't need to > updated each time you changed something. That fell by the wayside > with Grub 2. Now the big selling feature is that it works with more > than just Linux.
I guess I don't know what you mean by "update". If I change the contents of grub.cfg, the effect is immediate: the changes will be seen at the next boot. I don't do anything more. > It also has a "rescue shell" that I've never been able to do > anything useful with. When grub fails, I boot from a rescue cd > instead. That way I get a real working environment. Horses for courses. Cheers, David.