[NTLUG:Discuss] Beginner!!

[David Neeley]

I was visiting a friend in Austin the other day. He uses grub exclusively on 
all his machines.

I asked about it, and he told me grub allows much more flexibility than any 
other such product. For instnace, it allows you to use individual command 
parameters as you wish when you boot, offering a command line for this 
purpose. This would seem ideal of testing various alternatives upon booting, 
or perhaps for loading a particular module you don't always need but which 
may be necessary for occasional use.

I am soon moving from SuSE 7.2 to 7.3, and I intend to install grub as part 
of that new configuration.

I hope this helps, and will look forward to comments by others.

David

On Sunday 16 December 2001 08:50 am, you wrote:
> I've always had trouble on dual-boot systems if I install LILO in the
> master boot record.  However, if I install LILO in the first block of the
> boot partition, no problem.  Otherwise, when Windows decides (arbitrarily,
> apparently) to rewrite the MBR, LILO gets blasted.
>
> I hear there is another bootloader shipping with Red Hat these days -
> grub, or something like that.  Is it advantageous?
>
> Regards,
>
> Carl