On 18/06/13 10:35 AM, Lars Noodén wrote:
On 06/18/2013 05:03 PM, Dirk wrote:
you are clearly talking out of your ass... a boot loader doesn't need
features other than loading the kernel...
what crucial work do you do with the features of grub? spreadsheets?
presentations? project managing? or do you play it like a text adventure
figuring out what the grub rescue console actually does?
*primitive is the best thing about lilo*... if you don't realize that
then you don't care if a part as stupid as the boot loader doesn't
work... because you have alternatives to linux..
Having just involuntarily bumped into the grub rescue console, I can say
that LILO was much easier to work with and to figure out. In the case
of grub I eventually had to give up and nuke the MBR from the rescue
mode of the installation CD. grub is complex, grub2 more so.
Regards,
/Lars
When GRUB came out, it's best feature was that you didn't need to update
it every time you installed a new kernel - something that LILO required.
With GRUB2, we're back to needing to update the boot loader when the
kernel changes.
The other features you need in a boot loader is that it works on
everything, and you need it to fail gracefully into a mode where you can
fix the problems that are preventing the system from booting.
Unfortunately, there is also now the UEFI problem to consider. Now boot
loaders have to contend with security checks enforced by the hardware.
Primitive no longer cuts it. What you need is a boot loader that can
handle all the crap that gets thrown at it. The boot loader that does it
best wins.
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