On 5/19/2013 11:04 PM, staticsafe wrote: > You can use Lilo if you so choose,
I do. > but don't expect integration > (specifically kernel package installation scripts). I don't. I roll my own kernels sans initrd. lilo in MBR, vmlinuz in ext2 /boot partition. > The Debian developers (and many other distros) have chosen to put their > support behind GRUB2 which allows for (please correct me, if I'm wrong) > features like UEFI support and better support for automation. It's an odd play for Debian to get behind UEFI which includes secure boot, and includes other features that tend to take control of the machine away from the user. That's not freedom. > Another note, GRUB2 is more similar to Lilo than you think. They're both boot loaders. Of course they're similar. But they have some serious differences. Serious enough that many folks, such as myself, choose to stick with LILO. If I had to come up with one word to describe today's LILO users, it would probably be "purists". We want a reliable boot loader that is as basic as can be and accomplish the simple, single job of loading the OS kernel. -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5199b419.5090...@hardwarefreak.com
