[CentOS] CentOS 7, not systemd questions

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

> On 9.7.2014 20:35, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote:
>> Question 1: has anyone used preupgrade (I used it with fc 17 -> 19, and
>> it pretty much appeared to work, but that was on a couple of worksttions)?
>> Opinions?
>> Question 2: is grub still supported, or is there something that *FORCES*
>> you to use grub2?
>>
>>        mark "grub2 must DIE!"

> It doesn't seem to have default packages. But you can always compile
> your own. Of course when kernel updates you need to update config by hand.

No. I do *not* want to compile my own. We have a very few packages like
that, and we do *not* want to be responsible for worrying and tracking
security and bugfixes and rebuilding the packages, not when we have 170+
servers and workstations to worry 'bout.
>
> Or you could do sensible thing and learn to change grub2 configs. It
> wasn't that hard when I had to change some kernel boot parameter.

I've looked at them some, on the one or two fedora boxes here, and on my
netbook's ubuntu netbook remix, and I *LOATHE* having to wade through
dozens and dozens of lines of code to fix something.

Hey, I thought "declarative" configuration files were the way to go, at
least according to this eternal thread... and if old grub.conf isn't that,
then your definition is a lot different than mine.

      mark