On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:

Frank Peters wrote:

On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 10:04:52 +0000 (UTC)
Duncan<1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>  wrote:

 

   

Stan Sander wrote:
     

   

In addition to using grub-static, you will need to have the IA32
Emulation enabled in your kernel, else you won't be able to execute
grub at all.  It's under file formats / Emulations in the menu.
       

I think that's covered in the handbook, now, but posting's still good,
just in case it would have been overlooked.  FWIW when I first switched to
no-multilib, before I did the 32-bit chroot thing, I tried turning off
that option in the kernel... and found I couldn't run... I think it was
lilo I was running at the time, properly, so it's definitely worth
remembering.

   

Lilo doesn't need the kernel at all.  I have IA32 turned off and I use
lilo to boot.  There is no problem.

Unless there is some special requirement, most people probably use grub
because of the "follow the leader" syndrome.  Lilo is still quite effective
and also quite simple.  Fortunately, the Gentoo overlords have not removed
lilo from the portage tree, but if they ever do, I will just compile it
myself.  Continuous change is not a law of the universe.  Some methods
never become obsolete (out of fashion perhaps, but fashion should never
be the final guide).

Frank Peters

 

No offense intended but I have used both lilo and grub.  I used lilo first and for me, it was a nightmare.  Fixing even a small typo was painful for me.  I switched to grub and the difference was like flying the space shuttle or riding a tri-cycle.  Let's remove the computers from the space shuttle just to make it as difficult.

I may have to use lilo one day but grub will be long dead and will not compile on any rig I have.

Dale

Good analogy.  My issue with grub is that when it fails, I'm stuck in a tin can in low earth orbit and likely to burn up in the atmosphere. 

Recovering from a fall off my tri-cycle is not nearly as painful.

 

:-)  :-)