Re: Re (2): lilo removal in squeeze (or, "please test grub2")
On Mon, 24 May 2010 17:29:54 -0400 (EDT), Peter Easthope wrote:
> Stephen Powell wrote:
>> (3) The need for special backup requirements will be
>> used by the opponents of Linux at my place of employment
>> to oppose further deployments of Linux, ...
>
> What about the carrot approach? Find an even better
> backup method, compatible with Grub 2 and appealing
> to your management for its efficiency.
You're missing the point. The main selling point to management
is that Linux is free. If they have to buy new backup software
in order to accommodate Linux' backup requirements, that will
kill it on the spot. Whatever boot loader I use must not
require new backup software or impose special backup requirements.
And its not just money. As a rule, people like what they know.
The backup people are Windows people, and they'd love an
excuse to complain to management about the backup requirements
of my Linux servers. grub-legacy and grub-pc are non-starters
for me for that reason. Until now, only lilo, as far as I knew,
met all my requirements. It now appears that extlinux may also
work. I'll soon know.
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