Submitted 06-Sep-00 by BillK:
> The "clearly superior" grub as someone put it is both harder to use/modify
> than lilo,
Not in my experience. Once you understand the different syntax, you
discover that it is no more obfuscated than LILO
> and documentation is less readable too (had to ask for help in how to
> reinstall after using lilo),
The documentation could stand an overhaul :)
> its only advantages seem to be overcoming the 1024 limit and a prettier
> menu!
You missed a couple:
1) Not requiring a reinstall evertime you change the kernel, initrd, or
move a file. Once it's installed, it looks at it's configuration
files (/boot/grub/{menu.lst,message}) at boot time, so you never run
into the "I *bleep* forgot to run lilo before I rebooted" mess.
2) Completely editable boot options. If you need to boot a kernel you
forgot to configure or a patition that you normally don't want available,
you can enter the appropriate parameters at boot time. For example, I
moved a DOS partition from hda2 to hdb1 and forgot to update my menu. I
entered the configuration for remapping the drive and resetting the device
(for that boot only) without having to boot linux, edit a config file,
reinstall the loader, then reboot again just so I could play a game of
Tomb Raider :)
(OT: If dosemu were 32-bit clean, I might even be able to try playing my old
games in Linux :)
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