Re: LILO

[Alexander Hvostov <vulture@aoi.dyndns.org>]

On Fri, 11 May 2001 09:29:54 +0200
Thierry Laronde <thierry@cri74.org> wrote:

> On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 12:39:28AM +0200, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> One of the main benefit (but not the sole one) is standardization. At
the
> moment, the bootloaders whether implement specific bootstrapping
procedure
> for different flavours of kernels, or chainload. This makes bootloaders
> bigger or weaker. Secondly, the bootstrapping of Linux doesn't allow one
to
> give it, say, the name of the right module to load for a NIC detected by
the
> bootloader. You have to add everything whether in the kernel or in an
initrd
> or other root fs. So, even if Linux works well, it, as well of other
things,
> can be improved.

Wait, you mean to suggest that Linux isn't perfect?

Regards,

Alex.