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Subject:    Re: [opensuse] grub no longer being maintained? so Suse drops support
From:       "Brian K. White" <brian () aljex ! com>
Date:       2009-06-18 23:50:02
Message-ID: 4A3AD2AA.1030201 () aljex ! com
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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. 
>   

I agree that for any machine that's unimportant enough that you didn't 
invest $75 to $300 for serial console or ip-kvm access the advantages of 
grub are likewise unimportant.

That's not any of my machines. I'd be embarrassed to have to call a data 
center and have someone hook up a crash cart and do stuff on one of my 
boxes. I'd also be embarassed to have to tell the customer their box is 
down while I wait for said on-site staff, or that they just lost a half 
days work by switching them to their backup server, instead of me being 
able to deal with the unexpected immediately for lack of a $200 part 
(that supports up to 16 servers so it could even be $200/16)

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bkw
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