Re: PATCH (updated): 'lilo -R' functionality

[Gordon Matzigkeit]

Ilguiz Latypov <address@hidden> writes:

> Nice feature, I haven't tried that with GRUB yet.  By the way, since GRUB 
> can parse the /boot/gru/menu.lst file at "run-time", why not just modify 
> that configuration file and restore it from the startup script?

If the system reboots before the `restore it' process runs, then
you'll get an infinite loop.  With `-R', you'll only get an infinite
loop if the system reboots before GRUB's internal `restore it' code
runs, which is much less likely.

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