Brian K. White wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
But lilo has some uses, it works on some instances where grub does not, and thus, I see it as an alternative for those cases where the primary booter (grub) does not work. It is sound engineering redundance to have two valid solutions.
One example I can think of - I manage a number of remote servers where I have no console access. A grub shell would be of no use here, and to me(!) it's no big deal to boot the rescue system (via pxeboot) and correct lilo.conf.
I agree that for any machine that's unimportant enough that you didn't invest $75 to $300 for serial console or ip-kvm access the advantages of grub are likewise unimportant.
They're leased/dedicated servers in a datacentre some 450km away in another country - serial access is not offered, and an extra USD300 per machine just in case I can't configure the bootloader properly is utterly ridiculous. /Per -- Per Jessen, Zürich (20.6°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org