From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1PQlpe-0005Wo-SL for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:07:11 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4C061E0ACB for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 19:07:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from qmta11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.27.211]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F13F6E07B2 for ; Thu, 9 Dec 2010 19:01:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from omta23.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.90]) by qmta11.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id h0Kc1f0021wfjNsAB71mtx; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:01:46 +0000 Received: from ajax.firstbooks ([68.40.15.84]) by omta23.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id h71k1f0091op4JC8j71lFN; Thu, 09 Dec 2010 19:01:45 +0000 Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 14:01:38 -0500 From: Frank Peters To: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] About to install on a 64 bit system. Advice wanted. Message-Id: <20101209140138.aaa17006.frank.peters@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: References: <4CFFF5DE.20303@gmail.com> <20101208180344.eefa3254.frank.peters@comcast.net> <4D002218.9060302@gmail.com> <4D006923.8050609@gmail.com> <4D00A5ED.3070205@f_philipp.fastmail.net> <1463292034-1291895910-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-1043132697-@b3.c1.bise7.blackberry> <20101209102755.48acfc7f.frank.peters@comcast.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.0.3 (GTK+ 2.20.1; x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-amd64@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 8fd6ebb7-bb94-41a1-bd17-fcf5ed3a36ae X-Archives-Hash: 48d6fe665ebcc9a0f9d795b02dd15e4b On Fri, 10 Dec 2010 04:04:50 +1100 Lie Ryan 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