what is GRUB?
 

ive seen this term used so many times but am at a loss as to what it means. if you have a spare 2 seconds, wanna help me out?

GRand Unified Bootloader

It is a(better?) alternative to lilo (LInux LOader).

the best boot loader but a little bit slower.... than lilo

hmmm, bootloader? lol, sorry if im a HUGE newb but what is a bootloader?

Sorry if I seem a little rude, but if you want to make it in Gnu/Linux, you're going to have to learn how to find popular information like this yourself.

www.google.com
www.google.com/linux

The basics of how a PC boots. This talks about lilo but grub is basically the same.

http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/...ter_boots.html

GRUB is a buggy boot loader (probably why it was named after an insect) Use LILO it is much more mature and stable. (My opinion anyway)

Ok, we've got 1 guy that like grub, and 1 guy that likes lilo.

My take? I've used both flawlessly.
lilo - a little easier to set up. small and simple.
grub - more powerful, more options, and never needs to be reloaded.

I went through the extra effort to start using grub because I believe that lilo is going the way of the dinosaur.

Ok... I admit I have been called one of those also :)

i think it's simple....
- lilo for a desktop pc/workstation
- grub for a server that has no floppy- or cd-drives.

egag