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Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 10:27:55 -0500
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On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 11:58:36 +0000
"Paul Jewell" <paul@teulu.org> wrote:

> When I installed my system back in January, I started off with 64 bit
> only, and immediately hit a problem with grub compilation.

Why not just use lilo?  Lilo doesn't need the kernel to boot the
system and it compiles on pure 64-bit systems.

I hate to proselytize, but it seems to me that grub has been pushed
into the Linux world without merit.  Lilo does the job just as well.

Frank Peters