On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 20:31:07 -0500 Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 12:59:51PM -0500, Neo Futur wrote: > > I completely agree with most of the comments above about grub2. > > I manage dedicated server and build my own grsec kernel, so I often > > have to use the bootloader, so many times I couldnt get it to boot > > with grub2 after hours trying and as soon as I tried with lilo or > > grub-legacy it worked immediately my kernel was not at fault but > > some obscure grub2 problem. > > > > So I upvote this idea of having devuan coming with a different > > default bootloader, wether it is grub1 or lilo ( or whatever is > > simple enough to be used by an average human, meaning not grub2 ) > > Lilo is easy to use, its configuration files are somewhat > comprehensible, but it dooes take a while befre you understand > what's what, because the interaction between syntax and semantics > isn't that well documented (at least, it wsan't long ago when I still > needed to read it). > > THe big problem with lilo is that at the time of running the lilo > command, it figures out exactly where the boot-time files are and > sets up a table to be used at boot time. If those files are moved on > disk for any reason, even if they're in the same logical location i > the file system, it won't boot. > > Such file movement cab happen when one upgrades the kernel to a new > version that still has the same file name. Of course, when you > upgrade the kernel, dpkg will cause lilo to be rerun.. But if > something goe wrong with that, you could be doomed. Not necessarily doomed. Bust back in with System Rescue CD or Super Grub Disk, chroot yourself into a replica of the system's file hierarchy, repair the LILO file, and rerun lilo. [snip] > I try to have multiple ways of booting my system, just in case. Truer words have never been spoken. It might even be a good idea to have a tiny, no initramfs, Linux you can boot to in case. I used to do that all the time. By the way, I wasn't saying LILO or extlinux should be the *default*, I was just saying they should be available as packages. SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
