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[Geoffrey Derber <Geoffrey.Derber AT Trinity.edu>]

Adam Clark wrote:
> Nope, and I'm not sure why this keeps coming up - probably ignorance on my
> part, but here's what I've seen on this discussion in the past:
>
> lilo handles pretty much every i386ish system

It didn't handle mine, the only reason I was able to boot my system was 
because I had a grub boot disk lying around.

> grub has problems with some systems

I've seen lilo have more problems personally and I have had far fewer 
problems with grub.  Also with each release of grub there are fewer and 
fewer problems with it.
> So, if this is the case and grub is just a 'preference' thing, what's to
> stop one from replacing lilo with grub after the install?

Not being able to boot the system because lilo doesn't work?

> If the above is not true, then we should figure out some option to supply
> both on the ISO.

I really think we should provide both, and give them the option up 
front.  Why force the install of one, when people want to remove it and 
install the other later.  Give people the ability to do it once and do 
it the way they want.

Geoff