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Re: [PATCH] memdisk plus lnxboot extension


From: Marco Gerards
Subject: Re: [PATCH] memdisk plus lnxboot extension
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:48:34 +0100
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Bean <address@hidden> writes:

[...]

> 2. Easy to modify
> users may not know how to create core.img, but modifying files in a,
> say, tar or cpio archive is very easy. They can do simple tasks like
> replacing splash image without too much knowledge of grub2.

It seems easier, but isn't.  First of all, if people want to use GRUB,
they have to learn how to use it.  It is not difficult.

More importantly, when doing the manually, people might forget modules
which are required as a dependancy.  For example fshelp.mod.

--
Marco





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