There was a nice discussion of this on the forum and in the "How Linux Works" book. There are two lovely features of GRUB that help experienced users solve problems: 1. GRUB allows for modification to the boot commands (e command). 2. GRUB has a shell mode (c command) that allows you to explore your filesystem and read files without loading a kernel and boot off CDs / floppies in case your BIOS doesn't support that feature. From "How Linux Works": "GRUB has plenty of whiz-bang features, but the most important is its ability to navigate filesystems, so you can read files without loading a kernel. Wiseguy Solaris and BSD administrators like to say that they have enjoyed this capability for some time." =) <div>On 9/30/05, Phillip Susi <<a href="mailto:psusi@cfl.rr.com">psusi@cfl.rr.com</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I still don't know what's so great about grub.  I noticed it was the default in ubuntu so I spent probably 10 mins trying to figure out how to use it when I was installing my system, gave up, and just used lilo instead. What are the technical reasons that grub is better than lilo? Anders Karlsson wrote: > Hi, > > I just read a posting on LKML about SATA disk detection order > and bootloaders. There is a bootloader named "Gujin" - website > is at <a href="http://gujin.org">http://gujin.org</a>. > > Have a look, read a bit about it and ponder whether Grub is the > best choice for a bootloader. Ubuntu is about ease of use, and > from what I can see, Gujin is it. > > Let me know what you think. > -- ubuntu-devel mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel"> http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel</a> </blockquote></div> -- ---  The White Mink ---