Re: [MiNT] EasyMiNT startup

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

On Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:22:13 , Vincent Rivière <vincent.riviere@freesbee.fr> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> While trying to ugrade my EasyMiNT setup to the latest FreeMiNT trunk, I
> have broken something, and I can't make it work again.
>
> I would like to understand the EasyMiNT startup process.
>
> I have seen that C:\MINT\1-17-0\MINT.CNF contains the line:
> INIT=u:\sbin\init
> In order to debug, I have replaced it with u:\bin\bash, so I can at
> least boot into the shell.
> Then I can type /sbin/init manually to continue.
>
> init runs successfully /etc/rc.d/rc until the end (I have put a trace at
> the end).
>
> Then the problem appears:
> init: file not found
> is displayed in a loop, even ^C does not do anything.
>
> I would like to understand:
> - What is run after /etc/rc.d/rc ?
> - How XALOADER is supposed to be run ?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

Have a look in /etc/ttytab to see what is being called by init
In mine I have console "/usr/bin/aes"  tw52    on secure
where aes is a link to xaloader.prg

I don't think this is pure Easymint but might help.

Peter