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Re: Can LILO do this too?

From "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Subject Re: Can LILO do this too?
Date 2012-05-19 14:59 -0400
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On 2012-05-19, Dan Espen wrote:
> SM <kasmra@ne-spamon.gmail.com> writes:
>
>> 2012-05-19, Dan Espen wrote:
>>> no.top.post@gmail.com writes:
>>>
>>> Which leaves one wondering why LILO in this day and age.
>>
>> Because it Just Works?.
>
> Obviously for a seriously limited range of values for "works".

    Who cares how "limited" is it if it does what is needed?

    (I prefer lilo to grub, though not enough to go to the bother of
    switching.)

> Besides you just cut out my point about active development.

    If it does what is needed, why does it need further development?


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Can LILO do this too? no.top.post@gmail.com - 2012-05-19 14:23 +0000
  Re: Can LILO do this too? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2012-05-19 11:17 -0500
  Re: Can LILO do this too? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2012-05-19 12:31 -0400
    Re: Can LILO do this too? SM <kasmra@ne-spamon.gmail.com> - 2012-05-19 17:41 +0000
      Re: Can LILO do this too? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2012-05-19 14:36 -0400
        Re: Can LILO do this too? SM <kasmra@ne-spamon.gmail.com> - 2012-05-19 18:58 +0000
          Re: Can LILO do this too? Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2012-05-19 15:39 -0400
        Re: Can LILO do this too? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2012-05-19 13:59 -0500
        Re: Can LILO do this too? "Chris F.A. Johnson" <cfajohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-05-19 14:59 -0400
      Re: Can LILO do this too? Robert Heller <heller@deepsoft.com> - 2012-05-19 17:27 -0500
  Re: Can LILO do this too? Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2012-05-20 18:57 +0000
    Re: Can LILO do this too? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2012-05-20 18:50 -0400
      Re: Can LILO do this too? Chick Tower <c.tower@deadspam.com> - 2012-05-21 21:53 +0000

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