Re: [MiNT] Idea for boot sequence

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

On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 21:32:18 , Jo Even Skarstein <joska@online.no> wrote:
>
> 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.

It might be "incorrect" but who cares as long as it works, just chuck out
a warning and get on with booting.

> > 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 ;)
>

I don't understand why you prefer a system that won't boot and forces
you to get out the starting handle.  ;-)

Regards,

Peter