=== On Sun, 09/11, Alex Schuster wrote: === > Interesting. What are the advantages?
Mainly that it's simpler, as a bootloader should be. However it does have some nice features, such as making nice looking, interactive menus. You can also edit the config file by hand, if you need to, and it's all contained on the boot partition. The biggest problem with grub 2 is it adds a dependency on having your main root partition already mounted in order to configure it. That may not be available. Also, when you learn extlinux then you know syslinux, isolinux, and pxelinux already which helps when configuring boot loaders for those other media. > 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. If you need a shell, boot a minimal kernel and shell from a ramdisk. No good reason to bloat a bootloader with that. -- Keith Dart -- -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Keith Dart <ke...@dartworks.biz> public key: ID: 19017044 <http://www.dartworks.biz/> =====================================================================
