Convince me: Lilo or GRUB?

[Elledan]

I'm about to install Slackware 8.0 on one of my systems and I was wondering which bootloader I should use. So far I've been using Lilo exclusively, but I've heard a lot of good things about GRUB.

Any insights?

 

[n0cmonkey]

I use lilo because I know how to use it better than I would grub and Im lazy.

 

[Elledan]

<< I use lilo because I know how to use it better than I would grub and Im lazy. >>


Always a good argument 😛

 

[n0cmonkey]

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<< I use lilo because I know how to use it better than I would grub and Im lazy. >>


Always a good argument 😛 >>



Its the only good one I can come up with. I dont dualboot so it doesnt matter much to me. 😉

 

[Elledan]

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<< I use lilo because I know how to use it better than I would grub and Im lazy. >>


Always a good argument 😛 >>



Its the only good one I can come up with. I dont dualboot so it doesnt matter much to me. 😉 >>


You lazy m0nkey 😀

I don't dualboot either, but apparently, GRUB is much more failsafe than LILO, or so I heard.

 

[n0cmonkey]

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<< I use lilo because I know how to use it better than I would grub and Im lazy. >>


Always a good argument 😛 >>



Its the only good one I can come up with. I dont dualboot so it doesnt matter much to me. 😉 >>


You lazy m0nkey 😀

I don't dualboot either, but apparently, GRUB is much more failsafe than LILO, or so I heard. >>



My 1 linux machine goes down on VERY rare occassions. So Ive never had to worry about things like that. On occassion I throw a new kernel on the system, but I dont do it that often.

 

[Elledan]

Hmm... so if you just keep the thing running 24/7, it doesn't matter anyway? Sounds fair enough 🙂

I don't reboot most of my systems that often, actually, since some of them run simulations, others function as server and I'm way too lazy to keep rebooting my desktop PC 😛

 

[n0cmonkey]

<< Hmm... so if you just keep the thing running 24/7, it doesn't matter anyway? Sounds fair enough 🙂

I don't reboot most of my systems that often, actually, since some of them run simulations, others function as server and I'm way too lazy to keep rebooting my desktop PC 😛 >>



I run eccP on my machines for team anandtech. Since I rarely sit at the machines to use them, 99% of thier processing power goes to eccP. My machines are down right now, until I get a chance to move them..

 

[Priit]

<< I use lilo because I know how to use it better than I would grub and Im lazy. >>



Just what I wanted to write 🙂 I have used lilo for years and it has always served me right. And I do change kernels sometimes as often as socks 🙂 Don't fix it it it's not broken....

 

[Elledan]

<< I have used lilo for years and it has always served me right. And I do change kernels sometimes as often as socks 🙂 >>

I better won't ask how often that is 😛

 

[n0cmonkey]

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<< I have used lilo for years and it has always served me right. And I do change kernels sometimes as often as socks 🙂 >>

I better won't ask how often that is 😛 >>



Well new kernels usually come out every month or two... 😛

 

[Barnaby W. Füi]

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<< I have used lilo for years and it has always served me right. And I do change kernels sometimes as often as socks 🙂 >>

I better won't ask how often that is 😛 >>



Well new kernels usually come out every month or two... 😛 >>



fairly standard sock changing schedule 😀

i use lilo, used grub for about 5 seconds, so i cant really knock it or praise it. i've heard it does something better than lilo, just dont remember what, and really i dont care, lilo has been working fine for me, plus most people use it so its alot easier to get support for for us noobs

 

[Elledan]

Hmm.... unless someone tells me why I should use GRUB and gives a compelling reason, Lilo it is. Thanks for the help and insights in the clothing behaviour of the average geek 😀

 

[Nothinman]

Grub understands filesystems, no need to run it to update it bootmap after editing it's config file. When you need to type in the path to a kernel (say you made a type-o in the config file) it's got tab completion, it's also got tab completion in other places where it makes sense. It's a little more confusing to setup than lilo (especially if you have a seperate /boot partition) but it's very convenient, especially after you've used similar "smart" boot loaders like aboot on Alpha.

 

[Elledan]

Thank you, Nothinman 🙂 that was the kind of reply I had been hoping for.

Hmm... since it won't matter how many times I screw up the installation anyway, I can just as well try GRUB on this one machine 😀