[ale] Grub2 in May or June

[Geoffrey Myers]

On 03/19/2012 01:55 PM, Michael Trausch wrote:
> Ah!
>
> No, I just wasn't sure what you'd meant. Could be because it has been
> ages since I used LILO. The very mention of it recalls memories of my
> first Slackware installs.

Slack still uses it I think.  I did a slack install a year ago or so, 
and it was lilo.

>
> I adopted GRUB a long time ago because I used to be a chronic recompiler
> of the kernel, and since LILO used block lists to load the kernel and
> initrd (and once every so often I invariably forgot to update said block
> lists) it was very inconvenient.
>
> The last time something told me it had to use LILO for my setup, I went
> behind its back and installed GRUB2.  :)
>
> On Mar 19, 2012 1:35 PM, "Lightner, Jeff" <JLightner at water.com
> <mailto:JLightner at water.com>> wrote:
>
>     Not sure if you're being pedantic or serious.
>
>     As a hint:  lilo
>
>
>
>
>
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>     Subject: Re: [ale] Grub2 in May or June
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>     On 03/19/2012 09:50 AM, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
>      > I notice you don't hear much about the pre-GRUB boot loader any more.
>      > Do you suppose it has decided to lie low?
>
>     To what, exactly, are you referring?  At least on all my systems, BIOS
>     starts GRUB, so the only thing that is pre-GRUB is the system firmware
>     itself.
>
>             --- Mike
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