Bootloader

[Loiosh dé Taltos]

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."

=)

On 9/30/05, Phillip Susi <psusi at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
>
> 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 http://gujin.org.
> >
> > 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.
> >
>
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