Re: Considerations for lilo removal

[frank paulsen <frank.paulsen@gmx.net>]

William Pitcock <nenolod@sacredspiral.co.uk> writes:

> With grub being stable and grub2 approaching stability itself, do we
> really need lilo anymore? It's not even installed by default anymore,
> and the only systems I have that are still on lilo are installations of
> Debian I have had since Woody.

Debian Etch installs lilo without choice if XFS is used, so there should
be a number of systems still using lilo for good reason.

> If we do not need lilo, then I will file a RM bug in the next couple of
> weeks.

i still prefer lilo for systems on raid1