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  • From: "Bearcat M. Sandor" <Bearcat AT feline-soul.com>
  • To: "SMGL - Discuss" <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] AMD64 and grub ?
  • Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 11:06:25 -0600 (MDT)

> Really, I like grub much better than lilo, but for compile from source
> lilo is the x86-64's only option currently supported. I've been
> meaning to create a grub-bin spell for x86-64 guys to install.
> Created statically so there aren't any dependencies on glibc of any
> bit type. (for that matter I've also been wanting to mess with grub2
> but haven't gotten the chance).
>
> Thanks,
> - David Brown
I always thought grub was more common and loved then lilo. If this is the
case why is there so little interest in a grub for x86-64? I would thing
that if there was interest it would have been done by now.

Any ideas about why it hasn't been done?

Bearcat





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