taipan67 wrote: > Bruce Dubbs wrote: >> Alexander E. Patrakov wrote: >> >> >>> Note, however, that this is not the same type of module as "insmod" and >>> "lsmod" Grub2 commands refer to. Grub2 has its own modules for loading >>> Linux kernels, loading FreeBSD kernels, support for filesystems, and so >>> on. Obviously, not all of them are used in the typical "boot a kernel >>> from ext3 partition" scenario - but this is not a valid reason to call >>> Grub2 bloated, since the old Grub1 has all this functionality always >>> built statically into stage2. >>> >> Overloading the meaning of lsmod and rmmod does not seem to me to be a >> good idea. I would think something like lsgmod (ls grub module) or even >> lsext (ls extention) would be better. Using the same term for different >> things is a recipe for confusing users. >> >> -- Bruce >> >> >> > > Well, if you consider that when installing & configuring grub1 you are > currently obliged to use the term 'root' in *five* different contexts, > they're actually getting better... ;) > > I know this is no help to the discussion, it's just a pet peeve that i > felt compelled to air. >
Well, I still use lilo. I figure: if it ain't broke, don't fix it. And lilo works fine. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
