-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/09/2009 02:08 PM, Rob OpenSuSE wrote:
2009/12/9 jdd <jdd@dodin.org>:
and on a server you can't get a hand on or with no screen, the Grub boot editor is not that usefull...
But it does no harm. So actually the point is irrelevant, and if you need console access for some reason, GRUB's runtime flexibility helps.
Exactly. My development nodes are rack mounted in my basement. I'm sure you can imagine that, as a kernel developer, I reboot rather often and things don't always go smoothly during the boot process. I have 6 releases of SLES and openSUSE on each node. Each instance has its own /boot (in the root fs) and shares a /machboot grub instance which chainloads grub from the root fs of the install I'm booting. All this is done remotely via serial console and using the grub runtime tool works perfectly for me.
2009/12/9 Per Jessen <per@computer.org>:
Rob OpenSuSE wrote:
2009/12/9 Per Jessen <per@computer.org>:
Rob OpenSuSE wrote:
I don't know anything about grub, but the chance of me restoring a /boot directory and successfully booting the system with lilo is 100%.
Out of those who have used both, not many go back to lilo(8). Remember there's some gotcha's concerning reiserfs with lilo to, have to avoid tail packing. So it's not really a solution to perverse ppl deciding to have /boot on reiserfs.
IIRC that was one of the reasons, GRUB replaced lilo in the distro for most configurations in first place.
The reiserfs issue is just one manifestation of a core design issue that makes lilo unsuitable for anything beyond simple file systems. It just keeps a block map. So, if that mapping changes either via a dynamic underlying device, defragmentation, or copy-on-write, then you can't boot anymore. Personally, I moved to grub years ago and haven't looked back. I bet it's back there filling the screen with LI LI LI LI LI LI again because some black magic changed underneath it. No thanks. - -Jeff - -- Jeff Mahoney SUSE Labs -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAksf92wACgkQLPWxlyuTD7J4ZACgh3jIOFwF8sDAur+39jtozXMu ubMAoJzLBELgYGZat61oZLz0pzdmydBZ =jLZn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org