Boot loaders

[Robert F. Stockdale IV]

Have you looked into other options such as UML (User Mode Linux) or 
Plex86? The first is good for testing various Linux Kernels and or 
Distributions. The second allows other Operating Systems in a virtual 
machine. Simular to Win4Lin and VMWare.
just a though!
Bob

Gregory J. Neumann wrote:

> I checked out the docs, and can't see any big advantage of grub over 
> lilo, or the other way around.  Grub actually looks a little harder 
> to configure for complex multiple os setups.  It could be that I've 
> used lilo for so long that I'm too used to it, and hence a little 
> prejudiced.  
> 
> I don't need to "chainload" Win9x w/ lilo, just edit lilo.conf to 
> point to the correct partition.  Slackware install will ask you if 
> you want to add any windows/dos os's it finds on the system to lilo 
> and then set up very intelligent defaults for it.  Grub looks like it 
> will be easier to set things up if you decide to install M$ stuff 
> AFTER you do a Linux, but it still looks like a royal pain!  I like 
> the idea of a "multiboot standard", but I suspect M$ would work very 
> hard to NOT comply!  ;-)
> 
> -FWIW, my 2 cents.
> Greg
>  
> 
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Jeff Blank" <jblank at didonato.cc>
>>To: <nflug at nflug.org>
>>Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 8:30 AM
>>Subject: Re: Boot loaders
>>
>>
>>
>>>Ron,
>>>
>>>FWIW here is my grub menu.list file:
>>>
>>>#
>>># GRUB boot menu
>>># by:jjb 11/20/01
>>>#
>>># make the first entry the default OS
>>># and boot it after 30 seconds
>>>default 0
>>>timeout 30
>>># if the first OS won't Load fallback to the second
>>>fallback 1
>>>
>>># Windoze 2000 - The current default OS
>>>title winDOZE 20o.
>>>root (hd0,0)
>>>makeactive
>>>chainloader +1
>>>
>>># Debian GNULinux - Kernel 2.2.19
>>>title Debian GNULinux - kernel 2.2.19
>>>root (hd1,0)
>>>kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.19 root=/dev/hdb1
>>>boot
>>>
>>># Debian GNULinux - Kernel 2.4.12-smp
>>>title Debian GNULinux - Kernel 2.4.12-smp
>>>root (hd1,0)
>>>kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.12-686-smp root=/dev/hdb1
>>>initrd /boot/initrd
>>>boot
>>>
>>># End menu.lst
>>>
>>>Links: (Not hard to find w/google;)
>>>http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
>>>http://www.uruk.org/orig-grub/
>>>On IBM DeveloperWorks: Getting to know Grub (You will have to sign
>>>up for free...):
>>>
>>>
>>http://www-105.ibm.com/developerworks/education.nsf/linux-onlinecourse
>>-bytit le/0F1731DC664023B7862569D0005C44AF?OpenDocument > > These are
>>the three main resources I used to get started.  I hope they help. > >
>>Jeff > > > Thanks Ron:)
>>
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