On Wed, 2005-13-04 at 11:01 +0200, shrek-m@xxxxxx wrote: > Res wrote: > > > On Tue, 12 Apr 2005, Chuck R. Anderson wrote: > > > >> On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 05:06:51PM -0600, Guy Fraser wrote: > >> > >>> The biggest problem I have with it, is the error reporting is > >>> awful and you don't get any clue to what caused the problem. > >> > >> As opposed to LILO's error reporting consisting of "LI" during bootup? > > > > Its suprising how many ppl have NFI that halting at various points in > > print statemant of LILO actually has a useful meaning telling them > > where the problem is. > > > L error > physical hd error ? > LI > some lilo parts are not found -> bootdisk, check lilo.conf, lilo, reboot ? > LIL > lilo-map error ? > LIL? > wrong boot device ? > LIL- > wrong geometry ? > LILO > ok That is overly terse. > > > my lilo experiences <= rhl7.2, playing russian roulette > my grub experiences since >= rhl7.3 absolutely no problems > > > FYI > -------- > $ info grub > -> troubleshooting > 14 Error messages reported by GRUB > ********************************** > > This chapter describes error messages reported by GRUB when you > encounter trouble. *Note Invoking the grub shell::, if your problem is > specific to the grub shell. > > * Menu: > > * Stage1 errors:: Errors reported by the Stage 1 > * Stage1.5 errors:: Errors reported by the Stage 1.5 > * Stage2 errors:: Errors reported by the Stage 2 > ----/---- Except that all the errors are just numbers with a generic meaning and point to no specific device file or routine that is having a problem.