News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on It's far from clear how grub package updates work on Ubuntu. Parent comment

Re:It's far from clear how grub package updates work on Ubuntu by derekp7 on Saturday April 13, 2024 @05:26AM (#40021746)
The isolinux package has boot methods that work on HDs, and are set up very similar to LILO. Not sure why it never took off with distros.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:It's far from clear how grub package updates work on Ubuntu by endgame on Saturday April 13, 2024 @05:38AM (#40021787)
I have fond memories of using SYSLINUX + MEMDISK to make DOS bootdisks which loaded themselves into RAM. Mostly to play games in the library.
[ Parent | on HN ]