On Wed, 17 Sep 2003 16:20:05 -0700, Carla Schroder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Wednesday 17 September 2003 1:46 pm, Victory wrote: > > Some one please let me know the advantage/disadvantage > > about grub/lilo ext2/ext3. > > > > Regards, > > Victor. > > 1. GRUB contains its own little command shell, for passing in or > editing commands at boot time. It can read from a configuration file. > It supports many filesystems, currently BSD FFS, DOS FAT16 and FAT32, > Minix fs, Linux ext2fs, ReiserFS, and VSTa fs; and blocklists for > files that do not appear in filesystems, such as chainloaders. > > GRUB reads filesystems and kernel executables, rather than inflexibly > restricting the user to disk geometry. Install and remove operating > systems as needed. Boot bare kernels, passing in modules and > parameters from the command line. GRUB will even download OS images > over the network. > > GRUB does not need a /boot partition, just let it own the MBR. ..is Grub far from being able to boot off a cd now? -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
