From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] dracut + UUID : a problem solved
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:48:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120610204810.1b084fc0@khamul.example.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4FD4CE41.70503@gmail.com>
On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 18:41:37 +0200
Jarry <mr.jarry@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10-Jun-12 12:47, Keith Dart wrote:
> >
> >> I use Lilo -- it's simple if you're not continually changing the
> >> set-up --
> >
> > LILO is ancient history. syslinux (extlinux) is a much better
> > solution these days.
>
> Honestly, never heard of it. Gentoo Handbook lists only GRUB and
> LILO as bootloaders. Is syslinux/extlinux better than those two?
>
> Jarry
syslinux/extlinux and friends are more suited for embedded devices,
liveCDs and that sort of thing. They never found much traction for
desktop use which explains why the Handbook makes no real effort to
document them.
For better or worse, grub is the bootloader you'll find in use most
often with Gentoo. It's also the one you'll find support for
--
Alan McKinnnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-10 18:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-04 9:40 [gentoo-user] dracut + UUID : a problem solved Philip Webb
2012-06-10 10:47 ` Keith Dart
2012-06-10 16:41 ` Jarry
2012-06-10 18:48 ` Alan McKinnon [this message]
2012-06-10 21:08 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-06-10 21:48 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-06-10 22:33 ` Mick
2012-06-11 0:49 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2012-06-11 7:16 ` [gentoo-user] " Alex Schuster
2012-06-11 22:12 ` Mick
2012-06-11 6:43 ` Keith Dart
2012-06-11 8:52 ` Neil Bothwick
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