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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] grub no longer being maintained? so Suse drops support
From:       "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas () telefonica ! net>
Date:       2009-06-17 14:27:08
Message-ID: alpine.LSU.2.00.0906171626150.4094 () nimrodel ! valinor
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On Wednesday, 2009-06-17 at 12:06 +0200, Per Jessen wrote:

> Carlos E. R. wrote:
>
>> But lilo has some uses, it works on some instances where grub does
>> not, and thus, I see it as an alternative for those cases where the
>> primary booter (grub) does not work. It is sound engineering
>> redundance to have two valid solutions.
>
> One example I can think of - I manage a number of remote servers where I
> have no console access.  A grub shell would be of no use here, and to
> me(!) it's no big deal to boot the rescue system (via pxeboot) and
> correct lilo.conf.

Doesn't grub manage the serial port? Tsk, tsk, too bad... :-P

- -- 
Cheers,
        Carlos E. R.

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