why was LILO removed from centOS 4.2?

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On 12/1/05, Bryan J. Smith <thebs413@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> But newbie user confusion is reduced.
>
> The idea here is that "gurus" would know to view the boot-time options
> and pass them, whereas newbies would be dumbfounded if given more than 1
> choice.
>
> > Non-geeks shouldn't tuch the "change bootloader" button in the first place.
>
> But just the mere option will confuse them.  It is treated as a
> "learning curve" if it is merely offered.  Hence why distros installers
> are defaulting to more and more stream-lined, less options -- _unless_
> you pass a boot-time option.
>

I'm just curious. Where are there any non-geeks or raw newbies
coughing up big bucks to run RHEL?



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