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Grub2 updates for Red Hat systems are making some unbootable

Grub2 updates for Red Hat systems are making some unbootable

Posted Aug 7, 2020 9:50 UTC (Fri) by flussence (guest, #85566)
In reply to: Grub2 updates for Red Hat systems are making some unbootable by purslow
Parent article: Grub2 updates for Red Hat systems are making some unbootable

There's no reason to use Lilo on a UEFI system; you get exactly the same user interface by using an EFI-stub kernel (with a built-in command line to set rootfs) and the BIOS' boot menu, except there's one less part to forget to update.

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Grub2 updates for Red Hat systems are making some unbootable

Posted Sep 14, 2020 17:04 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Plus you get the ability to use an EFI shell to do all sorts of repair work before the OS even gets started. (Sure, the stuff in an EFI shell is mostly useless *until you need it*, but then it is crucial). There is no such thing as a lilo shell!


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