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On Dienstag 22 Juni 2010, walt wrote: |
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> On 06/22/2010 11:44 AM, Dale wrote: |
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> > Tanstaafl wrote: |
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> >> On 2010-06-18 12:17 PM, Bill Longman wrote: |
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> >>> And finally, don't even mention how braindead the "new" improved |
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> >>> grub is. I wonder how anyone can feel that having to write six |
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> >>> paragraphs> in some one-off bash-like language, which needs to be |
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> >>> debugged, is better than four lines in a config file. |
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> >> |
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> >> This brings up a question I've been meaning to ask... |
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> >> |
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> >> Since I have no desire to experience this new 'improved' GRUB, but don't |
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> >> like LILO - how long will it be before I'll be forced to make a choice? |
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> >> Meaning, how long will legacy GRUB still be supported? |
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> > |
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> > If I read the home page correctly, they are not really doing much more |
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> > than bug fixes on the old grub. That was my reading at least. I'm |
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> > dreading that day too. I sort of like my old grub. I started on lilo and |
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> > grub has seriously grown on me. I'll switch to the new grub tho. I have |
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> > NO plans to go back to lilo. None whatsoever ! ! |
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> IIUC the change will be forced by mobo manufacturers when they adopt the |
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> newer partition tables and boot/BIOS methods . They have catchy acronyms |
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> that I can't remember, naturally, but we've all seen them discussed in this |
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> group from time to time. Don't buy new mobos and you can stick to old |
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> grub. |
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mobos? why should mobos have any influence? |
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And what have mobos to do with the fact that whenever GNU lay their dirty |
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hands on a project they will no rest until they turned something decent and |
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usefull into an overly complex, drowned in obscure options and hard to |
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configure mess? |
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