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From: Maurits van de Kamp <maurits@bassment.nu>
Subject: Re: [MiNT] Booting Mint
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 07:15:51 +0100
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>
> With Linux you have the option of switching to a cli if the
> desktop doesn't start.

This isn't really a comparable situation though - if init doesn't  
know what to do in Linux, the solution there is to start with  
"single" as boot parameter, and if your inittab doesn't know what to  
run in single mode either, there's no way to boot at all unless you  
have another boot disk.

The cool thing in MiNT though is that you can even run the desktop  
when init doesn't start, like in your case ;o)

Maurits.