Re: Grub won't install

From	Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Grub won't install
Date	2016-05-26 05:50 +0200
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Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Wed, May 18, 2016, at 14:57, Marc Shapiro wrote:
> >
> > Lilo definitely still works with current kernels.  I started out using 
> > lilo 17 or 18 years ago and I am still using it now under Jessie and 
> > kernel vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-amd64.
> 
> I maintain a LILO web page for the benefit of Debian users here:
> 
>    http://www.stevesdebianstuff.org/lilo.htm
 
Thanks, that is an awesome reference. I'm very glad to be
using LILO, find it trouble free, even tho I configured it
without understanding all the options you mention on your
detailed and comprehensible web page.

> I use it myself on the latest kernels without difficulty.  Many people believe
> that modern UEFI boards don't have a BIOS for forward compatibility anymore.
> That may be true in some cases.  But in other cases, the use of the "connected
> standby" feature in UEFI, which is a default setting in many cases, has disabled
> the Compatibility Support Module (CSM) which provides the BIOS.
> 
> LILO is not for everyone, but it is still usable in a surprising number of
> situations.  I have a 64-bit machine that is only a couple of years old that
> uses it.

 
> -- 
>   .''`.     Stephen Powell    <zlinuxman@fastmail.com>
>  : :'  :
>  `. `'`
>    `-
> 

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Joel Roth

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Grub won't install Ralph Sanchez <rwsanchez3@gmail.com> - 2016-05-18 03:50 +0200
  Re: Grub won't install J Mo <jmomo@jmomo.net> - 2016-05-18 06:20 +0200
    Re: Grub won't install e Lpe <m2lepretre@gmail.com> - 2016-05-18 12:00 +0200
    Re: Grub won't install Marc Shapiro <marcnshap@gmail.com> - 2016-05-18 21:00 +0200
      Re: Grub won't install Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-05-19 00:50 +0200
        Re: Grub won't install Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-05-19 01:00 +0200
          Re: Grub won't install Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2016-05-20 00:00 +0200
        Re: Grub won't install Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> - 2016-05-19 18:50 +0200
          Re: Grub won't install Ralph Sanchez <rwsanchez3@gmail.com> - 2016-05-19 19:30 +0200
      Re: Grub won't install Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@fastmail.com> - 2016-05-20 02:10 +0200
        Re: Grub won't install <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-05-20 09:40 +0200
        Re: Grub won't install J Mo <jmomo@jmomo.net> - 2016-05-21 11:10 +0200
        Re: Grub won't install Joel Roth <joelz@pobox.com> - 2016-05-26 05:50 +0200

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