> Yes, you could. But, GRUB has HORRIBLE user interface. Lilo is much
> better in this: It automagically boots last system you booted (unless
> you hold shift when booting, in such case command line appears), its
> interface is single line - so it will not wipe BIOS's messages.
LILO has a lot of other limitations, though -- like you have to
re-run LILO to every time you change a kernel. At least with Grub
(or BSD bootloaders) you can boot *any* kernel on your disk.
> Also, MultiBOOT protocol should be redone a bit ;-).
>
> ... and maybe creating completely new MultiBOOT compliant loader
> would be less work ...
We link Multiboot kernels with a BSD boot adapter, which allows us
to load mutiboot kernels from BSD bootblocks. This is pretty simple.
What part of the multiboot specification are you not happy with?
Kevin
Received on Fri Nov 7 03:29:33 1997
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