Re: [MiNT] Idea for later releases

[Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>]

On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 16:19:53 , Peter Persson <pep.fishmoose@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> 9 aug 2010 kl. 13.46 skrev Paul Wratt:
>
> > On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Peter Slegg
> <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk> wrote:
> >> I find it a bit odd that freemint can load it's modules from
> >> a specific folder but the programme in AUTO has to be manually
> >> changed.
> >>
> >> Would it be better if there was a just a mint loader in the AUTO
> >> folder that loaded the kernel and modules from the selected
> >> version folder ?
> >>
> >> The default would be the last one chosen but the user could open
> >> the ini menu and select a specific version. This would load the
> >> kernel and the matching xaaes and modules.
> >>
> >> Peter
> >>
> > someone has recently written a tool like this, not sure if it was
> falcon only
>
> I guess that would be my kernel- + xaaes-loader. The only thing it did
> was select kernel/xaaes binary based on the CPU type, but the reception
> it got resembled that of a poop-flavoured popsicle :) I ditched that
> project!
>
> -- PeP
>
>

I must have missed it.

A tool like this would save a lot of frustration when the kernel
doesn't boot or clashes with the xaaes version.

Peter