On 07/07/2016 01:55 PM, David Wright wrote:
With LILO any time you change the configuration, you have to re-install the LILO boot loader for those changes to take effect. With Grub, you make a change to the configuration file and it is immediately available on the next boot without having to re-install the Grub boot loader. Grub understands the file systems and so can read the configuration directly, whereas LILO does not understand the file system, and so the configuration must be provided as data directly in the loader itself (hence the re-install step).On Thu 07 Jul 2016 at 14:39:51 (-0400), Gary Dale wrote:The big selling feature of Grub over Lilo was that it didn't need to updated each time you changed something. That fell by the wayside with Grub 2. Now the big selling feature is that it works with more than just Linux.I guess I don't know what you mean by "update". If I change the contents of grub.cfg, the effect is immediate: the changes will be seen at the next boot. I don't do anything more.
It also has a "rescue shell" that I've never been able to do anything useful with. When grub fails, I boot from a rescue cd instead. That way I get a real working environment.Horses for courses. Cheers, David.
-- 73's Mike, WB5VQX