Re: lilo removal in squeeze (or, "please test grub2")

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> for much.  But I am opposed to the removal of lilo.  Both grub-legacy and
> grub-pc use sectors on the hard disk outside of the master boot record
> (cylinder 0, head 0, sector 1).  In other words they use cylinder 0, head 0,
> sector 2 and possibly subsequent sectors on cylinder 0 head 0.

Really?  Never heard of it, and it sounds very odd: why would they do
that when they can (and do, AFAICT) use sectors on specified partitions?
Is that documented/discussed somewhere?


        Stefan