[UCLA-LUG] Booting Linux

[Dan Helfman]

On Tue, May 23, 2000 at 08:23:21PM -0700, tchow wrote:
> Do we all have some sort of phobia of free software?  AFAIK, installing LILO
> on your hard drive works perfectly for many different scenarios.  the newest
> LILO can even boot linux with the kernel image residing outside 1024
> cylinders.  I've never tried any proprietary solutions to booting, but it
> seems to that this mundane task need not require your money to work.  I've
> never tried Boot Magic myself, but I can't imagine how different boot
> managers can be.  But i guess it's ok if you *really* like seeing a GUI the
> couple seconds before your OS boots up and if you value software you pay for
> more than free software, then by all means...
> 
> as a matter of fact, I suddenly got interested in what system commander and
> boot magic actually provide that LILO doesn't.  Briefly browsing the
> website, i can't see anything especially important that LILO can't handle. 
> The only real advantage i can see are the GUIs and maybe some stuff is more
> intuitive than the LILO equivalent.  
> 
> tchow

The hacked LILO versions in many Linux distributions, like Stormix, have
GUIs (~320x200 256-color graphics).

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Dan Helfman
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