which file system to use

[Alexander Skwar]

· David Abrahams <dave at boost-consulting.com>:

> Alexander Skwar <listen at alexander.skwar.name> writes:
> 
>> · David Abrahams <dave at boost-consulting.com>:
>>> ubuntu at rio.vg writes:
>>
>>>> The more important part of the quote though, was the "late 2006"
>>>> estimation on adding it to the boot possibilities of Solaris.  This
>>>> suggests that it is still not a mature system on Solaris.
>>> 
>>> I guess it depends how you measure "mature."  Is LVM mature yet?
>>> 'cause if I'm not mistaken, you still can't use an LVM logical volume
>>> for /boot on Linux.
>>
>> You can, but not with grub. Thus, grub isn't mature ;)
> 
> It works with LILO?

I might be wrong, but I seem to recall.

> Why did ubuntu switch to grub by default then? 

I don't know. Grub is a bit more flexible, I think. And personally,
I like grub better.

Alexander Skwar
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