Re: [Xen-users] Confused about the xen livecd 3.0

To:	Ian Pratt <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-users] Confused about the xen livecd 3.0
From:	Molle Bestefich <molle.bestefich@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Thu, 5 Jan 2006 19:48:37 +0100
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Ian Pratt <m+Ian.Pratt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > More info: I tried the Xen 2.0.6 Live CD and got the same
> > results - the "grub>" prompt.
>
> I'm afraid this is most likely due to your system having a slightly
> flaky bios. grub tends to be less forgiving than isolinux, which is the
> more commonly used CD bootloader.  We might try and move later versions
> of the demo CD over to isolinux, but the grub problems seem to only
> affect a small minority of users, and some of them reported success with
> a bios upgrade.

On a general note, taking a peek in the Grub sources and then the
ISOLINUX sources, it seems to me that the GRUB stuff is a horrible
mess and the software itself is a bug ridden beast.  Whereas ISOLINUX
just works out of the box and the sources are well-written.

Out of curiosity, what is the advantage of using Grub on the demo CD?

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Re: [Xen-users] Confused about the xen livecd 3.0