On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 02:20:06PM +1200, Oleg Polyanski wrote:
> Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@wasabisystems.com> writes:
> 
> > Why use GRUB when you can use the NetBSD "mbr_bootsel"?  I
> > currently use this to dual boot one of my PCs with NetBSD and
> > Win2k (Win2k using NTFS).
> 
>  Because GRUB is a lot more handy and has advanced features that can
>  help to bring your system up with the totally screwed bootloader,
>  while `mbr_bootsel' is more like a stub. There is no need neither
>  in any other tools nor even in operating system at all to resurrect
>  a dead box. GRUB has helped me lots of times like no other tool
>  ever did and it's very useful to have it installed.

What makes GRUB less likely to become screwed than j.random.bootloader?

Ben