Re: multi CPU's
Eray Ozkural <erayo@cs.bilkent.edu.tr> writes:
> On Thu, 06 Apr 2000 17:57:11 Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS wrote:
> > Eray Ozkural <erayo@cs.bilkent.edu.tr>:
> >
> > > Of course that's because of the kernel. The linux kernel source gzips
> > > its output. bzImage...
> >
> > On Intel, yes, but even on Intel you could install vmlinux.{gz|bz2}
> > instead of bzImage and use GRUB instead of LILO, I think. Having the
> > kernel decompress itself is clever, but somehow not very tidy.
> >
>
> I had used GRUB last time when I had unssuccessfully tried to install
> GNU Hurd 0.2 on my machine. Then it seemed to be useful only for the
> Hurd. Can I use it for booting Linux reliably on i386? [I can hear RTFM]
>
Yes, you can! And is IMHO superior to LILO: nice boot menu, no need to
reinstall it when changing kernel or config file... And its somewhat
more GNUish than LILO...
Andy
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