Here is another thread we need to revisit.
-Kara ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 21:46:31 +0200 (CEST) From: Tom Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Issue 4: Multi-boot? [issue for L1 update, deserves wider discussion, therefore cross-posted to lpi-examdev] At the time we decided to not require the skill to set up a multi-boot system for Level 1 certification. The reason was, that in a professional environment with Linux servers, multi-OS systems would be rare. This position has been questioned in several comments made in POMS on the relevant objective (http://www.lpi.org/cgi-bin/poms.py?objdetail=1.102.2). So I like to do a poll, anyone with an informed opinion please express it: should there be an objective on creating a multi-OS|multi-boot system? BTW, is LILO still the preferred and universal boot manager? What about grub? What are distributions currently using? -- Tom Peters Director of the Board & Exam Development Specialist, Linux Professional Institute e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 18:44:32 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Issue 4: Multi-boot? 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 -- Ed Riddle VP Product Engineering, Bradford Learning voice: 925.924.0016 fax: 925.416.1161 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.bradfordlearning.com -- This message was sent from the lpi-examdev mailing list. Send `unsubscribe lpi-examdev' in the subject to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to leave the list.
