Felix Miata wrote:
Per Jessen composed on 2023-02-22 10:11 (UTC+0100):
Felix Miata wrote:
I've never had reason to have lilo on any *SUSE installation.
We only ever use lilo - I can type up a config from memory, it's just way easier. I'm old fashioned :-)
So do/are most Slackware users. The way I remember it, any defect in lilo.conf that resulted in no boot meant boot some rescue system so as to be able to chroot, fix lilo.conf, then execute lilo.
That's roughly it, but any defect in the config will show the minute you run lilo. Besides, how much can you get wrong? This is the minimum config: boot = /dev/sda image = /boot/vmlinuz root = /dev/sda1 initrd = /boot/initrd
That difference to me is like comparing a hand crank start model T to the first Lincoln.
Don't get me wrong - I am in no way arguing that anybody else should use lilo, but for me, booting an installer over pxe, chroot'ing and typing in those four lines in vim, then 'lilo' - that's just way easier than any grub incantation. Of course, here's my age showing again, I just don't like all those wrappers upon wrappers upon wrappers. I prefer KISS and a thorough understanding what I'm doing. When I don't understand, I ask Andrei. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (11.7°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes