[PLUG] Grub Gripe

[David Mandel]

I was a bit slow to move from lilo to grub, but I moved years ago.
grub is a much richer boot loader and at this point much better
supported.  However, lilo works and deserves more respect than it
gets.  Even in recent years, I have encountered a situation or two
where lilo seemed to be the better boot loader for the situation.
However, that is rare.  In most situations, grub is much better than
lilo at this point.

David Mandel

On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 12:10 PM, MJang <mike at mommabears.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-05-07 at 11:10 -0700, m0gely wrote:
>> WAYNE VAN LOON SR wrote:
>> > Now what is it that is so bad about LILO?
>>
>> It's no longer maintained as of years ago?
>
> Yup, last stable release as of Feb 2007. Nevertheless, LPI still tests
> LILO in its Level 1 and 2 exams. Despite objections, some of the people
> behind LPI claim that LILO is still in common use.
>
> Last I checked, LILO doesn't support encrypted password protection,
> making it a rather weak bootloader w/r/t security. But that's just me.
> I'm half wondering if/when to move to TrustedGRUB.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
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