Re: [MiNT] Idea for boot sequence

[Lonny Pursell <atari@bright.net>]

on 12/16/10 10:53 AM, Peter Slegg wrote:

> On Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:37:04 -0500, Lonny Pursell <atari@bright.net> wrote:
>> 
>> on 12/16/10 7:10 AM, Jo Even Skarstein wrote:
>> 
>>> As said many times before - if you have several system folders you also
>>> have a kernel for each folder. Instead of rebooting the same kernel and
>>> attempt to use the system folder from a different version, just boot
>>> another kernel with a working system folder. That's much easier and
>>> safer, and it can be done today.
>> 
>> I use init, I have 2 possible mint boot sequences, neither use symlinks.  It
>> either boots xaaes, or naes and both have access to all partitions.  Seems
>> to me this discussion was solved when you informed Peter about easymint and
>> its going in a loop now.
> 
> No you've got the wrong end of the stick. I've been using Easymint for
> 6-7 years. There is no problem at this time. I was suggesting a
> better solution to boot-up problems that didn't require resorting to
> TOS.

So its not really a problem at all.  Ok. :P

>>  Just removing the symlinks would solve the
>> problems.  No need to hack up the boot sequence further.  It simply depends
>> on the kernel I pick in my boot selector as it was intended.
>> 
> If I remove the symlinks, no AES will start This is how Easymint is meant
> to work. It relies on ttytab which for convenience uses a symlink so that
> you don't have to edit files to change the aes.
> 
> console "/usr/bin/aes"  tw52    on secure

Strange, I don't have to change this to boot Xaaes or NAES and its not using
symlinks.  I've never used easymint, but it seems far from easy, many people
have problems with it. It's the author of easymints idea of easy, its not
correct persay or the defacto standard, it just gets used a lot because on
the surface its called "easy"mint.  In reality it appears to set one up for
potential failure down the road if something goes wrong.  Perhaps the
solution is a change to easymint.

> Maybe the developers don't see the boot-up going wrong but as a user
> it does happen and getting back into a working Mint system can be
> a PITA.

It can go wrong, surf forums for easymint problems, you'll get the same
impression I get, its not as easy as the name implies.


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