bvc Posted September 5, 2004 Report Share Posted September 5, 2004 (edited) Ha Ha Ha . BVC it was you that convinced me about my thoughts about Grub when I read all your help posts dealing with boot loaders over the past year. Don't know anything about vi. I have only used vim for the Nvidia driver install routine. Also I only use the command line mode for installing source programs so I don't know a lot about command line either. However I get by and still have a good operating system that does what I want. Not too bad for a Great GrandFather huh. I sense you have been or are having difficult times at the moment. I hope things go well for you quickly. Cheers. John. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> thx! ...and you know vi, and didn't know it ;) [root@localhost root]# which vi /bin/vi [root@localhost root]# file /bin/vi /bin/vi: symbolic link to `/etc/alternatives/vi' [root@localhost root]# file /etc/alternatives/vi /etc/alternatives/vi: symbolic link to `/usr/bin/vim-enhanced' [root@localhost root]# file /usr/bin/vim-enhanced /usr/bin/vim-enhanced: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.2.5, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped [root@localhost root]# which vim /bin/vim [root@localhost root]# file /bin/vim /bin/vim: symbolic link to `/etc/alternatives/vim' [root@localhost root]# file /etc/alternatives/vim /etc/alternatives/vim: symbolic link to `/usr/bin/vim-enhanced' [root@localhost root]# file /usr/bin/vim-enhanced /usr/bin/vim-enhanced: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.2.5, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped [root@localhost root]# Edited September 5, 2004 by bvc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinkliberty Posted September 6, 2004 Report Share Posted September 6, 2004 I was only joking. I was comparing lilo and grub to the emacs vs. vi flamewars of the past on usenet. I hope you don't harbor any hard feelings against me for saying what I did in my previous post. Wrong thinkliberty. I am not an emacs user and I wouldn't know what it was if it hit me. I am simply one who follows a set of instructions that have been laid out by people who know a whole lot more about a subject than I do. Maybe you don't, but I am one who was trained to READ THE MANUAL FIRST and don't presume you ( meaning me) know. When an instruction says use vim then that is what I use. In another thread involving an NVIDIA driver install problem, (which you are probably alluding to) a poster had no end of trouble because he made what seemed a minor insignificant change to the procedure, namely using vi instead of the advised vim. I have NEVER had a problem installing or reinstalling the nvidia driver on my machine or two other friends machines which have different nvidia video cards. I do not think good luck had anything to do with it and I am not a trained and certified computer tech so I follow instructions exactly. Grub is rapidly becoming the default for LINUX OSs from what I am hearing. The fact that LILO has been out much longer does NOT make it superior, only older. It is not as user friendly as Grub but this would not matter to a geek who thinks user friendly is sissy woosses stuff. To them if it isn't difficult to use then it cannot be any good. Like most computer users, I like to use my machine for actual work and playing with it is only sideline interest. John. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AussieJohn Posted September 7, 2004 Report Share Posted September 7, 2004 No problem thinkliberty. I took no offence because I suspected it might just be a fun dig, hence my reserved reply. You certainly are right about the many "this versus that" flame wars that go on. That is why I almost always try to use or to give actual reasons for choosing one over another. Hi BVC. I did not know all that stuff was in there :woops: When you are on a post I am ALWAYS learning something but I often wonder if it all makes me any wiser. :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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