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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] grub no longer being maintained? so Suse drops support for XFS boot?
From:       Per Jessen <per () opensuse ! org>
Date:       2009-06-19 6:53:17
Message-ID: h1fckt$56q$1 () saturn ! local ! net
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Brian K. White wrote:

> 
> 
> 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.

They're leased/dedicated servers in a datacentre some 450km away in
another country - serial access is not offered, and an extra USD300 per
machine just in case I can't configure the bootloader properly is
utterly ridiculous. 


/Per

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Per Jessen, Zürich (20.6 °C)

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