ext2->ext3

[Matthew Carpenter]

Sory for the long wait before this reply.  It's been crazy to say the least.

begin  kwall at kurtwerks.com
(Mon, 23 Dec 2002 18:38:05 -0500)

> Who cares? LILO doesn't understand XFS, ext2, ext3, or minix. It just has
> to know where on the disk the file it needs to boot is located. Awareness
> of the underlying filesystem is one of GRUB's nice features, to be sure,
> but LILO's approach makes it more filesystem-agnostic.

You are correct.  Especially in the "nice features" comment.  That's one reason I like and still use Grub.  While LILO has become every bit as pretty as GRUB, GRUB is still more flexible, and over time is understanding more and more filesystems.

> % And I'm sorry, but I am still of the opinion that for my purposes I am better off using as much distro-stock as possible.  
> 
> I didn't read that anyone was arguing for a super-modified distro, just
> suggesting that you roll your own kernel. Unless you're paying your 
> distro vendor for support and they won't support you unless you keep
> your system stock -- thereby begging the question of why you're paying for
> support in the first place -- I see little value in sticking to the options
> and choices the vendor made for you.

I understand your opinion.  I know that one of Linux's great strengths is in its flexibility (see above comments) and customizeability (is that a word?).  But without an exceptional reason (eg. a special purpose machine can't do it's special purpose) I value the assumptions I can make about a system which has not been too drastically altered.  I also value the ability to make security changes nearly immediately using Vendor-provided RPM's rather than having to get the patch, add it to the .spec file (since I attempt to do very little installation which is not based on an package), rpm -ba (and wait), and hope it all worked out ok.

I have always respected your opinion, Kurt, and I continue to do so... I think here I'll just agree to disagree, based on values.  

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Matthew Carpenter
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