On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 01:54:50PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: >Steve McIntyre wrote: >> As I've just blogged, I've got a second alpha CD released with EFI >> support, this time using grub-efi by default. The first release used >> elilo only, but I think grub is preferred. So, my question is: should >> we follow existing x86 convention and allow users a choice of >> bootloader (grub-efi/elilo like grub/lilo for BIOS boot), or should we >> just offer grub-efi? Both work OK, but grub-efi is a bit more capable >> IMHO. If we *do* want to support elilo too, we'll need small patches >> applying to both elilo and elilo-installer (see attached for what I >> have so far). Talking of elilo, I also found #685186 in my testing... > >I'd say we still allow installing lilo due to a combination of inertia >and possibly it supporting some configurations that grub does not. >If these reasons don't apply for EFI, simplicity rules.
Yep, fair enough. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." -- James D. Nicoll -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120822182040.gd32...@einval.com
