Re: [MiNT] Idea for boot sequence

[Jo Even Skarstein <joska@online.no>]

On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 19:37 +0200, Peter Slegg wrote:
> > And your solution wouldn't do anything about it. That symlink to
> > xaloader will cause the wrong xaaes.km to be loaded - it can only be
> > fixed by booting the correct kernel or fixing the symlink. Not by
> > reading the wrong mint.cnf or loading the wrong modules.
> >
> 
> Yes it would, there would be a much greater possibility of getting
> back into Mint-XaAES and being able to fix it.

Absolutely not. You will still load the incorrect xaaes.km. The obvious
and simple solution is to simply reboot with the correct kernel. Then
fix the problem - whatever it is - and reboot again.

> People seem to be happy with having hack their way out of non-booting
> situations. I was just suggesting a simple change that would make it
> infinitely more user friendly if/when it goes wrong.

I'm sorry, but I don't see how. I see a lot of possibilities to create
new problems though ;)

Jo Even