* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 06:35:52PM -0500 :
> > On Sat, 11 Aug 2001, Tom Peters wrote:
> >
> > > should there be an objective on creating a multi-OS|multi-boot system?
> > >
> > Depends on what you are testing on. If you are considering workstation
> > administration, YES dual/multi boot needs to be tested. If you are testing
> > server administration, NO.
>
> I agree, which brings me back to my question about the audience.
> In smaller companies, sysadmins usually have the role of help desk.
> Dual boot would be an issue in this setting. A better definition
> of the target audience could be our guide here. I thought I remembered
> seeing something about L1 being geared toward smaller environments,
> but I have not seen that lately.
>
> > > BTW, is LILO still the preferred and universal boot manager? What about
> > > grub? What are distributions currently using?
> > >
> > Heh, I brought this up in the previous mail. LILO has been the default
> > boot loader, but is being abandoned for GRUB and other solutions. For
> > instance, Red Hat 7.2 is releasing with GRUB instead of LILO.
>
> LILO and GRUB are both worthy of discussion here, but I am not too
> sure about any others. I have considered GRUB important since it
> came out as an option on Mandrake back in version 7.0 (I think).
> Since then, LILO has fixed some of the problems with the 1024 issue,
> but I believe GRUB doesn't even have a problem with older BIOS's.
>
> IMHO, LILO and GRUB should be included.
>
> Cheers,
> Ed
>
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I've watched this thread but not said anything. I would like to
chime up now.
I think we should include dual boots in the testing. However, this
sets the stage for what OS dual boots to cover as the entries for
each will differ on OS. Also, do we cover such things as using the
ntloader, lilo, grub, or all 3?
Also, do we cover Win9x, NT4, and/or NT5? Do we cover using such tricks as
remapping which drive to boot from with windows using the map-to function of
lilo?
I think a poll of the industry would be in order for us to determine
which OSs to cover, what options ect ect.
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