Re: [tlug] grub vs lilo

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

>>>>> "Andy" == Andy Hunne <andy@example.com> writes:

    Andy> Personally I think the best feature of grub is not needing
    Andy> to "re-install" it every time you change the configuration
    Andy> of you menu.lst file as you do with lilo.

;; don't try this at home, untested :-þ
(add-hook 'write-file-hooks
  (lambda ()
    (let ((val (continue-save-buffer)))
      (when (string= (file-truename (buffer-file-name (current-buffer)))
                     "/etc/lilo.conf")
        (shell-command "/usr/sbin/lilo"))
        (return t)))

Some things just aren't a problem if you use decent tools.  ;-)


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