Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 10:46:35 -0800
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@redhat.com>,
       linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.23: GRUB reports "Setup signature not found"
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On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:40:54 -0800 H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Randy Dunlap wrote:
> > On Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:48:20 -0500 Chuck Ebbert wrote:
> > 
> >> Multiple people have now reported this error message with 2.6.23.
> >> Updating GRUB fixes it:
> >>
> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=370391
> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=371321
> > 
> > Thanks for the info.
> > A better fix IMHO would be if one could get lilo to work.  :)
> > 
> > ---
> > ~Randy [who is fed up with grub]
> 
> BTW, I definitely can agree with your feeling about grub (which is part 
> of why I maintain a different boot loader suite.)  However, if you know 
> of any LILO problems, please speak up.

I don't know of any lilo-specific problems and didn't mean to imply
that LILO is at fault.

The problems that I have seen when I have tried to switch from
grub to LILO are more like config issues:
either "can't find root device" or
"cannot open /dev/console" or other initrd/initramfs issues.

Thanks,
---
~Randy
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