From mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Wed Feb 3 05:03:00 2010 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=KMLdh7ovSmm9go+jqIecxsKDxVysAHxcjP4oHUj7y3A=; b=VorxSmUf8rB7YlNWoKyc8R1C/yh+O76TTaX9qlnV/ZCVoK5KqofVMEpBnjptlpFBbY Xct7sChiGM8UGonY02SeXSKoFixD1H7HhPTK4Znofjvi6qshl/g7T/awMWC7YjyxYo9N Fyg3s7vOqG7lX/QDjfA5lNCFYuFBrAfW7kFpw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=sLgKkbUpiAKYcBPrOyAaPBpnJh7W/frBaCHlc79Kn4YiJogdEBnkxgXJYndKtjQhOR CjNF3HnkEK4n7kUuseFgFQDS5kjmnFEhHNvPJbPuIfg4pAKNBSB0lwV2Bntjrj+EMgcG RZ/bfiHzHLiwliPtABBecyogWZzuYgemdUdoo= MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 3 Feb 2010 10:56:44 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [MiNT] Gentoo FreeMiNT From: Miro Kropacek To: p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk Cc: mint Mailing-List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015175d03986beda5047eaf3cdc X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi Errors-to: mint-bounce@lists.fishpool.fi X-original-sender: miro.kropacek@gmail.com Precedence: bulk List-help: List-unsubscribe: List-Id: X-List-ID: List-subscribe: List-owner: List-post: --0015175d03986beda5047eaf3cdc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > It's very difficult to revert to a backup if the system is trashed > and all you have left is TOS. > this is again not true. All you need is mint.prg, xaaes and ext2.xfs (stored on diskette, CF card, anything). If your system is trashed (its unix side), you can change INIT= in mint.cnf from /sbin/init to let's say xaloader.prg, i.e. activate GEM and browse filesystem manually (and fix the issues if needed). So don't blame Alan / mint, it's just lack of your knowledge (which is OK, people are here to help but "mint upgrade sucks" isn't exactly the right attitude to ask questions / solve problems). > Been there, done that with far too many systems. I've done Ubuntu updates > that trashed the system so bad it took two weeks of solid effort to get > them back to usable. > Again, lack of knowledge. Proper choice of partitions and safety precautions can't take you more then 2-3 hours even for complete reinstall with all your customizations and additions. -- MiKRO / Mystic Bytes http://mikro.atari.org --0015175d03986beda5047eaf3cdc Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
It's very di= fficult to revert to a backup if the system is trashed
and all you have left is TOS.
this is again not true. = All you need is mint.prg, xaaes and ext2.xfs (stored on diskette, CF card, = anything). If your system is trashed (its unix side), you can change INIT= =3D in mint.cnf from /sbin/init to let's say xaloader.prg, i.e. activat= e GEM and browse filesystem manually (and fix the issues if needed). So don= 't blame Alan / mint, it's just lack of your knowledge (which is OK= , people are here to help but "mint upgrade sucks" isn't exac= tly the right attitude to ask questions / solve problems).
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Been there, done that with far too many systems. I've done Ubuntu updat= es
that trashed the system so bad it took two weeks of solid effort to get
them back to usable.
Again, lack of knowledge. Proper = choice of partitions and safety precautions can't take you more then 2-= 3 hours even for complete reinstall with all your customizations and additi= ons.

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