On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 12:40:08AM +0100, Peter 'p2' De Schrijver wrote: > > - Clean dessign. While GRUB's dessign is far from perfect, it is still a > > very flexible one. GRUB understands filesystems and network protocols, > > making it able to load kernels dynamicaly from the disk or the network, > > without need to reinstall into the MBR with every kernel update. > > > > The current grub has by no means a clean design. It lacks platform > independence, correct bus abstraction layers and ROMeable code to start > with. But it works, so it's probably not too bad to use it as the > standard bootloader.
Well, its dessign is clean when compared to that of other bootloaders like LILO (the latter sentence in my paragraph clarifies that). But you're right in your point; As I said it's far from perfect. Perhaps I should have been more specific on this. Btw, the upcoming GRUB2 [1] (aka PUPA), which is already usable but in a very inmature stage, pretends to address this issue. [1] http://www.nongnu.org/pupa/ http://packages.debian.org/grub2 -- Robert Millan "[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new work." -- J.R.R.T, Ainulindale (Silmarillion) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
