Re: [MiNT] Idea for boot sequence

[Alan Hourihane <alanh@fairlite.co.uk>]

On Wed, 2010-12-15 at 15:49 +0200, Peter Slegg wrote:
> 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.

There is. Reboot and boot your "stable" version.

> > 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.

Boot your stable version.

> 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.

Yes, boot a "stable" version.

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

I don't see how that helps at all.

Alan.