Re: [Bug 31] lilo-22.3.1

the kernel dosnt - on my last build i was floppy booting cause my hdd was 
being silly - i never installed lilo or bin86 + i made 4 kernels inside 
that build - btw elks (embedded linux kernel subset) does use bin86 but we 
dont use elks ;-)

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Jay

Seth W. Klein wrote:

> Tushar Teredesai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 
>> Jesse Tie-Ten-Quee wrote:
>> > 
>> > On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 01:25:55AM -0500, Tushar Teredesai wrote:
>> > > 
>> > > So when is the book moving to grub? <trim>
>> > 
>> > Well.. I do remenber Gerard mentioning that is a possibility, given
>> > that the grub maintainers would release something they consider
>> > "stable".
>> 
>> Using the current version of grub is actually less risky then using
>> gcc-3.1:))
> 
> From what i hear, that's true. I think perhaps it's time to stop
> waiting for the GRUB maintainers to loose their "disclaimerish",
> "this release isn't stable!" attitude and just use their so called
> alpha release.
> 
>> > > It problably would be an interesting experience thou, to see if
>> > switching to grub is a good idea.  I haven't used grub in years,
>> > however from what i've seen and heard (from other lfs/linux users) it's
>> > alot better then lilo and offers some *very* nice features.
>> 
>> Yep, I second (or third, fourth, .... ) that. Its nice, saved me atleast
>> twice when I made typos in the configuration.
> 
> I third (or fourth, fifth, ... ;) that. Switching to GRUB would remove
> a whole class of newbie pitfalls and acompanying FAQs.
> 
>> > <trim> And finally ditch bin86. <trim>
> 
> I remember comments about the kernel requiring bin86, but i don't know
> if they're correct.
> 
> cheers,
> Seth W. Klein

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