On Sun, May 22, 2005 at 11:01:40AM +0300, Ira Abramov wrote: > Quoting Alex Alexander, from the post of Sun, 22 May: > > > > Grub worked fine for me on a RAID-1 dual SATA machine. > > > > Debian Installer (RC3 - pre-final) installed grub on the first drive > > and the machine boots like a charm. You just have to > > > > grub > > root (hd1,0) > > setup (hd1) > > > > to make the second harddisk bootable (in case the first one fails). > > "just have to" is not good enough. not documented enough, and what's > with having to learn yet another commandline with non-standard disk > enumeration and partition numbering? this MAY be excellent for someone > who uses it daily maybe but I need it only once every few weeks or > months, Muggles will only use it once a year or less. Why should someone > start searching non-existant info pages each time?! the lilo.conf file > is so much simpler that I rarely needed the manpage other than for smart > menucoloring or password features, which are definitely perks more than > basic features. > > In grub even the install procedure is crual and unusual, not to mention > the odd configuration that may or may not follow :)
Noone forces you to use grub. Use lilo. Just a small note - grub2 is in active development. That's probably the main reason that grub isn't very well maintained. You might want to try grub2 after it's mature. -- Didi ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
