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On 2013-04-11, Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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> On 9 April 2013, at 19:56, Walter Dnes wrote: |
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>> On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 06:02:38AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote |
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>>> Personally, I didn't know people still used LILO (no flame intended, |
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>>> I just didn't realize it was still alive and kicking), but then |
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>>> gentoo was my first real experience with linux... |
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>> It works; i.e. it loads the OS, with a minimum of fuss. What more can |
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>> anyone ask for? |
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> I find it rather inelegant to have to run a command to update lilo, |
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> after editing a text file. |
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Yea, I always had problems with that. I'd edit the LILO config file, |
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forget to run the update command, reboot, then spend an embarassing |
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amount of time trying to figure out why my new kernel behaved exactly |
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like my old kernel despite the changes I'd made. |
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That change alone made switching to grub worthwhile. |
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Grant Edwards grant.b.edwards Yow! Xerox your lunch |
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at and file it under "sex |
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gmail.com offenders"! |
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