Jan Engelhardt wrote:
On Thursday 2012-08-16 03:52, Linda Walsh wrote:
Why don't people use LILO? Because they hate having to run it whenever they add a new kernel? And you are saying no suse-config needs to be done to add a new kernel to a grub menu when one is added?
A kernel does not strictly have to be added to the menu for grub to be able to boot it.
Isn't the running of such part of the install? Wouldn't running lilo be part of the install if it was similarly supported?
Think outside rpm for a change. The less steps in the install, the more likely to be successful.
Now you are talking probabilities. I don't use rpm to install my kernel. I don't have to run an Install script written in perl. I run a make and use a couple of lines of shell script. Which is more reliable? A couple of lines of shell or a few hundred perl in an updating perl dist? Those few lines of shell have no dependencies. Any method suse supports has more. You want to talk reliability and probabilities? I'd wager my kernel install has considerably fewer steps as it simply copies the kernel, maps and modules into place. No packages to extract. So....we agree...thew fewer steps in the install the more likely to be successful. I forget things all the time. If it was complicated, I would screw it up! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org