[KLUG Members] KLUG Meeting Notes - 08/07/2001

[Bruce Smith]

> >Any date preference from your end, keeping in line with theme months &
> >all?
> 
> Nope any open slot.  Just pull up the schedule page and throw a lawn dart at
> your monitor....

Okay, we can work that out offline.

> >>be a good topic, as LILO is cyptic to say the least so GRUB must be
> >>better.
> >I'm not sure GRUB is less cryptic than LILO, but it's a whole lot more
> >powerful.
> 
> Ah, like sendmail?

It's not quite that bad, but has many advantages.

Like not having to reinstall the boot sector after installing a new kernel.
And not having to reinstall the boot sector after editing the config file.

You can also EDIT the config file/menu on the fly on the boot menu!  So if 
there is a mistake in it, you can fix it and boot.  Or you can add new boot
entries on the fly in case you forgot to edit the config after installing a 
new kernel.  You can even browse filesystems from the boot menu if you 
forgot the name of the new kernel, or what directory it lives in.

And I can use my generic GRUB floppy to boot ANY Linux system I have here
by entering a couple command lines!  No valid LILO boot sector required.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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