It would seem that among those improvements is an inability to install LILO on the MBR or floppy in 8.0 pro but which worked find in 7.3 personal. If grub can find the kernal what does it do if you have multiple ones because you are testing a recompile? CWSIV On Sat, 5 Jul 2003 08:05:47 -0400 zentara writes:

On Fri, 4 Jul 2003 17:24:33 PDT Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:

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My reading indicates 8.1 defaults to GRUB if there is no LILO present so at least GRUB will not have to be forced.

Q: What is the difference between LILO in < 7.3 and 8.0?

Alot of improvements, most notably encrypted passwords. LILO is actively being developed, and there is a new release every few months.

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Q: What is the reason SUSE switched the default boot loader?

Q: Is there an intrensic flaw in LILO which explains the switch?

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From what I understand, GRUB can find the kernel all by itself, so you don't need to rerun it after any changes to the kernel. LILO needs to be run after any change to the kernel or it's name.

I still use lilo myself, probably because I'm just an old dog who dosn't want to learn new tricks.

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Not on my boxes. 7.3 personal yes 8.0 pro no. I hate to say it but this "upgrade" looks like it came from redmond. I am not overly enamored of LILO in any case all I need is a boot loader which works even if I have to use bootmagic or bootit. CWSIV On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 15:34:51 -0400 zentara writes:

I'm sure lilo can make a boot floppy with 8.0 pro. I've never done it

myself,

but I'm sure the capability is still there. It's probably more of a yast2 problem.

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