From: Frank Peters <frank.peters@comcast.net>
To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] About to install on a 64 bit system. Advice wanted.
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 14:01:38 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101209140138.aaa17006.frank.peters@comcast.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimdSUzWgbszsLFc2hf2qZd4NoNTUNgAKWmAHUD8@mail.gmail.com>
On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 04:04:50 +1100
Lie Ryan <lie.1296@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> What's the advantage of LILO nowadays? I used grub because of two
> reasons: 1) I don't need to re-install the MBR when changing grub's
> .conf file and 2) I can edit configuration at boot time, useful when
> you messed up your grub.conf. Last time I checked (admittedly long
> time ago) LILO cannot do both of these. Granted, I've never used LILO,
> does it boot faster or runs on more platforms or is there any
> particular reason why you used it?
>
For one thing, it is completely independent of the kernel and some
were expressing concerns about compatibility with 64-bit.
Lilo is also simpler, but it is not as versatile as grub.
My point is not that lilo is an advantage, but that it should not
be overlooked by those who may not require a complex set-up.
The trend seems to be to trash everything in favour of grub.
The legacy boot method is being slowly eliminated and will be
replaced by EFI. For this there is elilo, which I hope to be
using.
Frank Peters
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-12-09 19:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-12-08 21:17 [gentoo-amd64] About to install on a 64 bit system. Advice wanted Dale
2010-12-08 22:23 ` Mark Knecht
2010-12-09 0:04 ` Dale
2010-12-09 2:13 ` Stan Sander
2010-12-09 4:51 ` Frank Peters
2010-12-09 5:32 ` Dale
2010-12-09 7:42 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2010-12-09 16:28 ` Dale
2010-12-09 19:55 ` Duncan
2010-12-09 5:13 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Dale
2010-12-09 8:53 ` J. Roeleveld
2010-12-09 10:04 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2010-12-09 15:19 ` Frank Peters
2010-12-09 16:37 ` Dale
2010-12-09 17:37 ` Harry Holt
2010-12-09 18:40 ` Dale
2010-12-09 16:39 ` Dale
2010-12-09 15:22 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Stan Sander
2010-12-09 16:42 ` Dale
2010-12-09 8:48 ` J. Roeleveld
2010-12-09 15:48 ` Dale
2010-12-10 12:09 ` J. Roeleveld
2010-12-08 22:58 ` Mateusz Arkadiusz Mierzwinski
2010-12-09 0:08 ` Dale
2010-12-08 23:03 ` Frank Peters
2010-12-09 0:26 ` Dale
2010-12-09 1:13 ` Mateusz Arkadiusz Mierzwinski
2010-12-09 5:29 ` Dale
2010-12-09 9:48 ` Florian Philipp
2010-12-09 11:43 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2010-12-09 16:47 ` Dale
2010-12-09 11:58 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Paul Jewell
2010-12-09 14:09 ` Mateusz Arkadiusz Mierzwinski
2010-12-09 15:13 ` Mark Knecht
2010-12-09 16:53 ` Dale
2010-12-09 20:22 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2010-12-09 14:52 ` [gentoo-amd64] " J. Roeleveld
2010-12-09 16:55 ` Dale
2010-12-09 18:03 ` Mark Knecht
2010-12-10 12:34 ` Alex Alexander
2010-12-11 2:12 ` Dale
2010-12-09 15:27 ` Frank Peters
2010-12-09 16:26 ` Harry Holt
2010-12-09 17:04 ` Lie Ryan
2010-12-09 19:01 ` Frank Peters [this message]
2010-12-09 20:09 ` Harry Holt
2010-12-09 1:17 ` Mark Knecht
2010-12-09 1:54 ` Frank Peters
2010-12-09 4:41 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2010-12-09 5:18 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Dale
2010-12-09 6:55 ` Thomas M
2010-12-09 7:26 ` Dale
2010-12-09 9:36 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2010-12-09 4:13 ` Duncan
2010-12-09 6:11 ` Dale
2010-12-09 11:10 ` Duncan
2010-12-09 15:36 ` Frank Peters
2010-12-09 20:05 ` Duncan
2010-12-09 23:22 ` Dale
2010-12-10 12:54 ` Thanasis
2010-12-10 22:48 ` Duncan
2010-12-09 2:27 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Alex Schuster
2010-12-09 5:21 ` Dale
2010-12-09 9:33 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Duncan
2010-12-09 10:12 ` Florian Philipp
2010-12-09 11:18 ` Duncan
2010-12-09 17:03 ` Dale
2010-12-09 20:33 ` Duncan
2010-12-09 21:45 ` Alex Schuster
2010-12-09 23:28 ` Dale
2010-12-10 11:59 ` J. Roeleveld
2010-12-10 13:16 ` Dale
2010-12-09 10:06 ` [gentoo-amd64] " Stefan G. Weichinger
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