29 Sep
2009
29 Sep
'09
11:21
Michael Whapples mwhapples@aim.com wrote:
My questions:
- Am I right about grub being able to accept commands at the boot
screen allowing booting of anything (even if it isn't in the menu list)?
yes. Also, grub doesn't need to overwrite the boot sector whenever you upgrade a kernel; all it needs to do is change a configuration file to refer to the new kernel image and init-rd image.
- Have you got any extra reasons you would suggest changing to grub
from lilo or is there a different boot manager you would suggest?
I would suggest going straight to Grub 2 and skipping grub-legacy if you can. Debian Sid has already moved to Grub 2, Ubuntu are heading in that direction and I expect other distributions to follow. Grub 1 hasn't been maintained for years, but only recently has Grub 2 matured to the point of being widely usable.