[ale] Continuing Saga of Centos 5.6

[Derek Atkins]

"Michael B. Trausch" <mike at trausch.us> writes:

> On 08/10/2011 09:33 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Even Fedora 15 still uses Grub v1.
>> 
>> It's sufficiently different that Red Hat hasn't switched over.
>
> A shame, really.  GRUB 2 is far superior in every way.

I would argue it's NOT superior in *every* way -- the fact that you have
to run a program to build your configuration every time you tweak it is
most definitely a step backwards IMHO.  It's not as bad as LILO, but
it's certainly damn close!  I *LIKE* the fact that I can just hand-edit
a single configuration file and it gets used at runtime.

Sure, grub2 has its benefits too, such as better LVM and FS support.
But the configuration bit is a large chunk to chew.

I don't blame Red Hat for being cautious.

Just the simple task of changing your boot parameters in g2 took me half
an hour to figure out what file to change and how to change it..  And
even then I didn't get it right the first time!  Whereas with g1 it's
boom -- there you go!  Open file, add options, save file, reboot.  Done.

> 	--- Mike

-derek

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