From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by listman.util.phx.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m0BAJtvS023770 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:19:55 -0500 Received: from mx3.redhat.com (mx3.redhat.com [172.16.48.32]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m0BAJse1012537 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:19:54 -0500 Received: from relay3-v.mail.gandi.net (relay3-v.mail.gandi.net [217.70.178.77]) by mx3.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id m0BAJNt0001584 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:19:23 -0500 Received: from localhost (mfilter1-c.gandi.net [217.70.182.21]) by relay3-v.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80F76BA14 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:19:17 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mfilter1-c.mgt.gandi.net Received: from relay3-v.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.178.77]) by localhost (mfilter1-c.mgt.gandi.net [217.70.182.21]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Ay6WLpZUA7Jl for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:19:13 +0100 (CET) Received: from data.home (unknown [82.166.29.82]) by relay3-v.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DB57BA10 for ; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:19:12 +0100 (CET) Received: from geoff by data.home with local-esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1JDGxi-0008Sy-00; Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:18:06 +0200 Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:18:05 +0200 (IST) From: Geoff Shang To: Linux for blind general discussion In-Reply-To: <47873EE0.7060505@baechler.net> Message-ID: References: <200712251808340671.00071DC7@127.0.0.1> <20080111011358.GA10072@rednote.net> <47873EE0.7060505@baechler.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: Geoff Shang X-RedHat-Spam-Score: -0.198 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.58 on 172.16.52.254 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.58 on 172.16.48.32 X-loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: Question about installing bootloader X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: junk Reply-To: Linux for blind general discussion List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 10:19:55 -0000 Tony Baechler wrote: > Which bootloader is better, grub or lilo? Technically Grub is better because it understands filesystems and you don't need to install your config every time you need to make a change to your boot menu, etc. > The machine is a > dedicated Linux server running Apache and Qmail. There are no other > operating systems on it and stability is critical as it's in a corporate > environment. All access is done with ssh. Should I look into changing to > grub or leave well enough alone? My philosophy generally is if it ain't broke, don't fix it. But if the fact that it is being phased out bothers you, you might want to look at changing. > Also, do any stock Debian kernels come with > Speakup built in? Nothing in the package descriptions say anything about > Speakup. Sarge had a 2.4.x Speakup kernel but it never got security updates. There are Etch Speakup kernels but they aren't in the main Debian repository. http://people.debian.org/~shane/ Geoff.