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Subject: Re: [MiNT] Idea for later releases
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9 aug 2010 kl. 13.46 skrev Paul Wratt:

> On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk> wrote:
>> I find it a bit odd that freemint can load it's modules from
>> a specific folder but the programme in AUTO has to be manually
>> changed.
>> 
>> Would it be better if there was a just a mint loader in the AUTO
>> folder that loaded the kernel and modules from the selected
>> version folder ?
>> 
>> The default would be the last one chosen but the user could open
>> the ini menu and select a specific version. This would load the
>> kernel and the matching xaaes and modules.
>> 
>> Peter
>> 
> someone has recently written a tool like this, not sure if it was falcon only

I guess that would be my kernel- + xaaes-loader. The only thing it did was select kernel/xaaes binary based on the CPU type, but the reception it got resembled that of a poop-flavoured popsicle :) I ditched that project!

-- PeP