----- Original Message ----- > One question Howard had at the meeting was "GRUB 2 why?". I took it to > mean "Why abandon the original GRUB and start over?" (If not, then > this doesn't > apply.) According to GRUB FAQ, > http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-faq.en.html > > #1 The GRUB we have loved for the past several years (now called GRUB > Legacy) was rewritten because it "became unmaintainable, due to messy > code and design failures.", and requests to extend the scope were not > easily done > with the existing code, so it was rewritten. > > Their A to #2 is not too comforting... "It is usable, but we are still > making incompatible changes from time to time." (The page was updated > about 24 hours ago.)
To ease your comfort problem here is to really think about how often you have to choose a boot loader. This usually only happens if the distro you are installing has options. If you use Ubuntu or a variant, it isn't likely you are choosing. Looks like they release slowly as well. Part of what I like about grub 2 was getting more /boot options. It did take a bit to find all the new configs and such, but once I knew them it wasn't bad. -- Steven Critchfield [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
