On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 12:25:15AM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > > Hi there! > > Time to talk a bit about which is going to be the default bootloader for i386 > in next Debian release. > > I (as GRUB co-maintainer) have discussed with Jason the possibility of GRUB > being the default bootloader for i386 in Debian 3.1, and we agree that GRUB is > now mature enough for that. > > Let me summarise the reasons why I believe GRUB is a good option: > > - Clean dessign. While GRUB's dessign is far from perfect, it is still a > very flexible one. GRUB understands filesystems and network protocols, > making it able to load kernels dynamicaly from the disk or the network, > without need to reinstall into the MBR with every kernel update. > The current grub has by no means a clean design. It lacks platform independence, correct bus abstraction layers and ROMeable code to start with. But it works, so it's probably not too bad to use it as the standard bootloader. Cheers, Peter.
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