Re: [coreboot] Advice needed about payload when only usingLinux. (FILO, GRUB2?)

[Anders Jenbo]

I thourght that filo was being depricated for grub2?
Can some one tell me the difference benifit of one over the othere?

-Anders

On Tue 18/05/10 13:09 , Joseph Smith  wrote:
> On Tue, 18 May 2010 10:14:46 +0200, "Joop Boonen" 
> wrote:
> > All,
> >
> > I need some advice
> >
> > As I'm using Linux I don't prefer to use a BIOS like SEABIOS but i
>
> prefer
> > to use something mean and lean line FILO or GRUB2 (As Linux
>
> doesn't need
> > BIOS).
> >
> > The things that are important to me are e few things:
> > Boot Linux
> > Be able to install Linux from a CD
> >
> > Which payload do you advice? Is there still development effort in
>
> FILO or
> > GRUB2?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Joop.
> FILO hands down :-)
>
> Thanks,
> Joseph Smith
> Set-Top-Linux
> www.settoplinux.org
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Advice needed about payload when only usingLinux. (FILO, GRUB2?)

[Joseph Smith]

On Tue, 18 May 2010 13:25:48 +0200, Anders Jenbo  wrote:
> I thourght that filo was being depricated for grub2?
> Can some one tell me the difference benifit of one over the othere?

No, no, no. That really needs to come off the wiki. At one point there was
talk about FILO being depricated for grub2, but it never went further than
that. They are really just two different payloads. I personally think FILO
has alot more to offer.... like USB support :-)

Advice needed about payload when only usingLinux. (FILO, GRUB2?)

[Stefan Reinauer]

> I thourght that filo was being depricated for grub2?

Does it say so somewhere?

If so, we should remove that statement.

Stefan