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Old 02-20-2008, 08:59 AM
Menno Duursma
 
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Default Re: Slackware problem

On Wed, 01 Jun 2005 08:16:12 -0600, Douglas Mayne wrote:
> On Tue, 31 May 2005 17:45:45 -0700, Mr. Boy wrote:
>
>> Rick Slackware does not use GRUB it uses Lilo.... [ Snip ]
>>

> It /* can */ use grub. Grub is in the extra packages set:


Never mind Grub having some great features Lilo lacks. Of which the CLI
with "find" command (searching for a kernel image), and adding/removing
stuff without having to rerun anything, have came in handy before for me.

For the paranoid: Grub can even md5 hash its password, Lilo cannot.

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-Menno.

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