Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4570 mails)

["Carlos E. R." <robin1.listas@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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The Wednesday 2005-11-02 at 06:39 -0800, Matt Stamm wrote:

> Should I be concerned that I could not use GRUB?

I don't think so, not really. I find lilo easier to understand, but grub 
is more confortable... when it works.

> What is the downside to using LILO instead of GRUB ?

That you need to run 'lilo' after doing any change to the bootloader 
configuration or a kernel update or change. Grub doesn't need that.

  Grub can read directly from the filesystem, so it can read the menu and 
  other files directly during boot. On the other hand, lilo can not do 
  that, it needs a map to find those things it needs being compiled before 
  hand (by running the 'lilo' command).

- -- 
Cheers,
       Carlos Robinson

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