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On Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:32:55 -0500 |
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Barry Schwartz <chemoelectric@×××××××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> I install Grub outside of Portage, on the grounds that (a) it |
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> is a bad thing to upgrade unless you have to; and (b) the Grub 2 |
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> ebuilds were broken anyway, and I didn’t want to switch back to Grub 1 |
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> when moving from Exherbo back to Gentoo. So I used the default GNU |
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> install procedure in /usr/local. If the machine boots, the machine |
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> boots, and I’m satisfied. |
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For a person in my situation (i.e. single user, desktop system with no |
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network beyond ISP connection) -- and I'm sure there are a lot of us |
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out there -- I cannot see any advantage of grub over lilo. The Debian |
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folks rescued lilo from near extinction because they recognized its utility |
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and there is a gentoo ebuild available. |
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I hope lilo stays around forever. It is a sensible choice. |
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Frank Peters |