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On 06/22/2010 12:29 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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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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>>>> 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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Because of EFI firmware, that's why mobos would effect it. Like the Sun |
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Openboot PROM docs say somewhere: "BIOS? We don't need no stinkin' |
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BIOS". Same with the lame x86 status quo. At least nowadays we could |
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have two different versions of it on board and it's not a hardware chip |
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anymore, but, compared to most other intelligent platforms, PC BIOS is |
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pretty braindead. |
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Volker, I feel your pain every time I have to use two "--" instead of |
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one "-" on my flags. Does -help take one or two? (I'm sure I can easily |
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start a raging, apocalyptic forest fire by mentioning "man" and "info" |
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in the same sentence :-) |
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