Quoting Joel Roth (joelz@???):

> I'm personally happy with lilo, and Devuan allows me to use it.

I love lilo. I should note, however, that Edward's requirements include
GPT (GUID Partition Table) support, which might be possible with lilo or
might be problematic. Sources differ:
http://www.rodsbooks.com/gdisk/booting.html
http://docs.slackware.com/howtos:slackware_admin:installing_with_gpt_without_uefi