On 04/04/2011 03:08 PM, Adrian C. wrote:
On Mon, 4 Apr 2011, Matthew Gyurgyik wrote:
> I don't think Lilo should be a show stopper. Use a more modern
> bootloader such as Syslinux (if you want simple), Grub 1 or Grub 2.
Modern, like grub? LILO is in [core], and is actively being developed.
It was also a part of the Arch installation from which i got it in the
first place. Now, I agree it doesn't have to be a show stopper, but some
serious warnings are needed at least. There are many more users out
there, be sure of that. In fact, here they are already, saying pretty
much the same things I am going to say below:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=116077
Grub1 is considered obsolete? It has bugs, lacks features, it has many
forks, all of them now pretty much forgotten. Last time I considered
grub2 it was still "development grade" and I also got a feeling of
frequent user problems from the list, bug tracker and BBS. LILO on the
other hand never failed to boot.
I would never trade LILO for grub, but I am contemplating a switch to
syslinux since I saw a video of Dieter's talk at FOSDEM.
> Just out of interest, are you only booting this kernel with lilo or
> others too?
Just LILO, I haven't tried grub, but did wrote a menu.lst in advance if
I had to.
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Didn't realize that Lilo was still being developed. A lot of people seem
to think Syslinux is older than pie too!
I would highly encourage looking at Syslinux. It has a simple
configuration like Lilo and it is as light or heavy as you want to make it.
Without any com32 modules you are given just a boot prompt and you can
load the menu.c32 (basic menu like lilo) or vesamenu.c32 modules. Also,
you can edit the boot parameters on the fly and modify the config
without updating Syslinux.
