Keith Dart writes:
> === On Fri, 09/09, Alex Schuster wrote: ===
> > What I fear much more is when good old grub is no longer supported
> > and I have to use grub2, which I tried to understand, but failed.
>
> Ya, it's horrid. But the {sys,ext}linux bootloader is still there and
> maintained and I like it better. I use extlinux on all my Gentoo
> systems now.
Interesting. What are the advantages?
What I like most about Grub is the interactive shell. And that I don't
have to run a command like I had to do with Lilo after installing a new
kernel.
I guess Grub 1 will be around for a long time, and there will be no
need for me to switch soon. But I had to deal with Grub 2 on other
installations, and I had many problems. And I was disappointed because
configuring it is so much more complicated. It may have cooler features
and suport more file systems, but setting up grub 1 most of the times was
grub, root (hd0,0), setup (hd0), quit and setting up 2-3 lines in
grub.conf.
Wonko
