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["Jeremy A. Kolb" <jkolb AT brandeis.edu>]

Some people are more familiar with grub, plus you can do a lot of things 
dynamically that you cannot do with LILO. I think at least providing the 
option would be really nice.  Most newer versions of Linux distros now use 
grub over lilo as well.

Jeremy

On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Adam Clark wrote:

> You're kidding, right?   How are boot issues going to be magically resolved
> by replacing lilo with another piece of software that anybody could be just
> as unfamiliar with?
> 
> I don't follow the logic...
> 
> Remember, LILO's the bootloader that's been around forever and has proven
> itself.
> 
> On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 22:18:29 -0600
> Geoffrey Derber <Geoffrey.Derber AT Trinity.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Adam Clark wrote:
> > > As far as I can tell, your problems with Lilo are due strictly to not
> > > being familiar with it.
> > 
> > Yet another reason to have grub as an option.  People familiar with grub 
> > are more likely to have problems relating to lilo and will be less 
> > likely to boot their system.  If grub is an option, they would have a 
> > bootloader they are familiar with and can easily modify to fit their
> > needs.
> > 
> > 
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