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Bug 334357 - [PATCH] Remove LILO chapter from the x86+amd64 installation handbook
Summary: [PATCH] Remove LILO chapter from the x86+amd64 installation handbook
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs on www.gentoo.org
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Installation Handbook (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Docs Team
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Reported: 2010-08-24 22:57 UTC by Maciej Grela
Modified: 2010-08-25 03:19 UTC (History)
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Remove the LILO chapter from the installation handbook (gentoo-handbook-x86+amd64-remove-lilo-chapter.patch,6.76 KB, patch)
2010-08-24 22:57 UTC, Maciej Grela 		Details | Diff
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Description Maciej Grela 2010-08-24 22:57:00 UTC 
We are still describing LILO in the installation handbook, but I don't know of any situation where LILO is needed. To reduce the confusion among users I propose to remove the LILO chapter entirely. The attached patch does just that.

Reproducible: Always
Comment 1 Maciej Grela 2010-08-24 22:57:32 UTC 
Created attachment 244475 [details, diff]
Remove the LILO chapter from the installation handbook
Comment 2 Chí-Thanh Christopher Nguyễn gentoo-dev 2010-08-24 23:07:42 UTC 
GRUB-legacy won't boot on Dell Optiplex 320 and some other computers which run LILO fine.
So an alternative would be needed. GRUB-2 or syslinux possibly.
Comment 3 Jeremy Olexa (darkside) (RETIRED) archtester gentoo-dev Security 2010-08-25 01:01:38 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
> [...] I don't know of
> any situation where LILO is needed. [...]

That seems like a silly assumption.
Comment 4 nm (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2010-08-25 03:19:15 UTC 
Lilo is still required for stuff like the pure 64-bit profiles, not to mention not everyone wants to use Grub. The chapter will remain in the handbook.