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GRUB 2.02 Released

posted by martyb on Saturday April 29 2017, @09:38PM   
from the download-it-now dept.

butthurt writes:

Softpedia News reports that version 2.02 of the GRUB boot loader has been released. Among the many new features are support for LZ4 compression on ZFS, 64-bit ext2, XFS v5, Morse code output and a modem-like output through the PC speaker, Xen paravirtualisation, TrueCrypt ISOs, Apple fat binaries on non-Apple hardware, and 16-bit mode on non-x86 hardware.

Further information:
NEWS file

Related stories:
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Original Submission

• Re:I'm still using LILO Re:I'm still using LILO (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 29 2017, @11:29PM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 29 2017, @11:29PM (#501715)

  Lucky that you hadn’t changed to newer hardware or software where Lilo doesn’t function at all. Newer machines have UEFI and large hard disks are hard to use with a traditional BIOS.

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• Re:I'm still using LILO (Score: 2, Interesting) by butthurt on Saturday April 29 2017, @11:35PM

  by butthurt (6141) on Saturday April 29 2017, @11:35PM (#501721) Journal

  The department line in the original submission says "LI".

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• Re:I'm still using LILO (Score: 1) by turgid on Monday May 01 2017, @02:11PM

  by turgid (4318) on Monday May 01 2017, @02:11PM (#502265) Journal

  Indeed. When I upgraded to 3TB hard disks, I had to switch to Syslinux from LILO. 21 years I'd been usiing LILO...

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  I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].

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