On Tue, 2005-12-04 at 14:37 -0400, Robin Green wrote: > On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, Mike Bird wrote: > > If you like Grub on your desktop go ahead and use it. I'm not the one > > trying to stop you from using the tools that work best for you. The > > Fedora politburo is trying to dictate which boot loader, word processor, > > and spread sheet the rest of us should use. > > Dictate? How exactly is removing a package from Fedora Core "dictating" > to anyone what they must use? Not including software that used to be standard, when many people still need it, because GRUB doesn't work for them. > > Fedora Core 4 is going to be how many CDs? There needs to be a sanity > limit on how much software is packaged as part of Fedora Core, tracked and > maintained by Red Hat. That's just a reality. Then drop Emacs and LateX they blow a metric tonne of space. > > I don't think it's that hard to continue to use lilo. If you are > upgrading, simply choose "do not install a boot loader". If you are > installing from scratch, choose whatever, and then boot (from a rescue > disk if necessary) and install lilo yourself. Wouldn't that work for you? Have you tried? ... Didn't think so. Problem with your logic - In some cases you can install but can't even boot the first time. Using a Recovery CD it *may* be possible, but hardly "simple". > > > Please stop deliberately breaking things on religious grounds. > > It's not about religion, it's about workload. Anyone who wants to see an > alternate bootloader in Fedora Extras has the option (yes, yes, > if they have the time) to put themselves forward as a possible maintainer. Then drop GRUB. > > -- > Robin