Re: [MiNT] Idea for boot sequence

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

On Thu, 2010-12-16 at 09:17 +0100, Miro Kropacek wrote:
>         That's because Peter is using EasyMiNT, which symlinks
>         xaloader.prg
>         to /usr/bin. Then the symlink is referenced in ttytab. The
>         idea is most
>         likely that you can easily select which xaaes to load by
>         updating the
>         symlink. In reality it prevents you from easily booting
>         different
>         versions of the kernel.
> No, it does not but you must use the symlinks and aliases in proper
> way. For example, I do have alias for xaloader as well but I use it in
> combination with $SYSDIR, i.e. the link / alias points to
> $SYSDIR/xaaes/xaloader.prg. Problem solved for every kernel and its'
> repairable from TOS.

Yes, but that's not how EasyMiNT does it ;) It's a static symlink.

Jo Even