Re: Debian is the best!
On 06/18/2013 05:03 PM, Dirk wrote:
> you are clearly talking out of your ass... a boot loader doesn't need
> features other than loading the kernel...
>
> what crucial work do you do with the features of grub? spreadsheets?
> presentations? project managing? or do you play it like a text adventure
> figuring out what the grub rescue console actually does?
>
> *primitive is the best thing about lilo*... if you don't realize that
> then you don't care if a part as stupid as the boot loader doesn't
> work... because you have alternatives to linux..
Having just involuntarily bumped into the grub rescue console, I can say
that LILO was much easier to work with and to figure out. In the case
of grub I eventually had to give up and nuke the MBR from the rescue
mode of the installation CD. grub is complex, grub2 more so.
Regards,
/Lars
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