On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 11:10:25PM +0200, Iustin Pop wrote: > On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 11:42:42AM -0500, William Pitcock wrote: > > On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 18:19 +0200, Vincent Zweije wrote: > > > On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 06:06:38PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > > > > > > || On Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 08:02:04PM +0400, Dmitry E. Oboukhov > > > <un...@debian.org> wrote: > > > > > > || > I use lilo, I like lilo. > > > || > I don't like grub because it has unlogically config, unlogically > > > || > behavior, strange reconfig-system. I don't like the programs with > > > || > perverse intellect. Grub is not unixway. > > > || > > > || Which is more perverse to read a kernel? > > > || - reading actual files from actual filesystems > > > || - reading hardcoded blocks on the device > > > > > > I think this question should be: > > > > > > Which is more perverse to read without a kernel? > > > > > > The answer could still fall either way. > > > > No, the answer is always the second one. > > Err, why? I've seen grub failing more often, and heard way more report > of this, than of lilo. Please explain why you say so. > > The grub installer also used to read the blockdevice while the > filesystem was mounted, which is never the right answer. It has always > seemed hackish to me, duplicating fs functionality (and not always > correctly, e.g. related to journal replaying on ext3/xfs). > > A simple block list is just that.
Run update-initramfs -u without running lilo. Oh, you boot on the old initramfs. Now remove the old initramfs and put some other files in /boot. Then you're likely to not be able to boot at all. That sure is better. Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
