Re: [MiNT] Idea for boot sequence

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

On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:03:47 , Jo Even Skarstein <joska@online.no> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 13:19 +0200, Peter Slegg wrote:
>
> > Would it be possible to allow the user to select the possible boot
> > folder at the mint.ini menu ?
> >
> > eg If I am booting a 1-xx-yy kernel then the mint.ini menu would show
> >
> > 1-16-3
> > 1-17-0
> > 1-17-1
> > 1-17-CUR
> >
> > and then allow me to pick one to boot from.
> >
> > This would make it a bit easier to recover in such siutations.
> > The mint.ini file might have to be moved to c:\AUTO
>
> I don't like this for two reasons:
>
> 1. You can only have one mint.ini which will be common for all kernels.
> 2. It breaks the intention of having multiple system folder. The naming
> scheme is there to make sure that the kernel use the *correct* system
> folder. Allowing the user to mix kernels and system folders from
> different versions will only introduce new "bugs".

The default folder would remain the same. How many ini's do you need ?
It only has a few params and it would still be easy to access and
change if there is a boot issue.

The problem with the current system is if the correct folder is not
there the it won't boot. There is no Mint fallback.

> The solution is simple: Boot to TOS and correct your mistake.

I've had situations where the mistake was in a sym link on an ext2
drive and that's irritating.

There is also the init infinite loop problem.

I was suggesting a simple method to avoid such issues by using the
alternative mint folder that might allow it to boot.

Linux uses a menu to let you pick different kernels for such situations.

Maybe mint.prg should sit in the correct mint folder and a loader app
goes in the AUTO ?

Peter