On Fri,On Fri, 30 Jan 2015, Steve Litt wrote: > Is it just me, or is Grub2 as complex and error prone as systemd? > > I'm wondering if we can have alternate boot loaders. > > SteveT >
I'm sure you know it already, but it is definitely worth pointing out the classic LILO is still maintained Though it isn't as horrible as Systemd, I agree that Grub2 is a nightmare. I would be willing to call it the "Systemd of boot loaders." But as I understand it, Grub2 is now the default in Debian, isn't it? Grub1, or "Grub Legacy" as it's now called, is fine. But if any distro wants to use it, I strongly suggest the patched version which supports UEFI booting (as well as old-fashioned MBR booting). As I mentioned in a recent post, my attempt to boot AntiX (a Debian distro which uses Grub1 as default) failed because I had my laptop set up to use UEFI booting. I ran into the same problem with PCLinuxOS for the same reason. The patched version of Grub1 has been around for a few years now, but is seldom used. Despite its age, LILO is good. Slackware uses it by default, and I had no issues when I tried booting it UEFI style. You do have to make sure to have ELILO available if you want to use it with UEFI. cheers, Robert
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