On Sunday 08 August 2004 11:44, Rod Roark wrote: > On Sunday 08 August 2004 07:28 am, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > Are there any *real* benefits of using grub in lieu of lilo? > > > > I don't consider not having to run /sbin/lilo to install a new kernel a > > real benefit. > > My general understanding is that grub has "many more features" > but is much bigger than lilo. But, how many features does a > boot loader need? Either it boots or it does not. ;-) > > I'm like you - still using lilo, because I already know how > to use it and it does everything I want it to do. Why learn > a whole new way of doing things if there's no payoff? > I didn't really have to learn much. When I installed Debian, it installed grub (without question, as noted). When installed 2.6.7 I just added a new stanza to /boot/grub/menu.lst
I know lilo will let you change kernel parms but could you change the initrd.img? If I understand it right, grub would let you boot a kernel not listed in menu.lst if you are clever enough to remember its name (and its initrd.img) Richard Harke _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
