Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ria!uwovax!7103_2622
From: 7103_2622@uwovax.uwo.ca (Eric Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Mint
Message-ID: <7427.271a33aa@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 16 Oct 90 02:09:45 GMT
References: <13619@cs.utexas.edu>
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In article <13619@cs.utexas.edu>, psurge@cs.utexas.edu (Troy Carpenter) writes:
> I have had trouble getting MiNT to work on my 1040.  I want to run Gulam 
> from it, but I have not been able to get past the boot stage.  I have TOS 1.0,
> so I cannot do the autobooting trick mentioned in the docs.  Someone who has
> MiNT up and Running on their system please tell me how they did it, what
> programs go where, etc...
> 
MiNT works fine from an AUTO folder. Try the following:
(1) copy mint.prg to the AUTO folder of a boot disk
(2) copy init.prg and gem.prg to the root folder of the same disk
(3) reboot
(4) at the "%" prompt, you can type "gem" to start the desktop up under MiNT,
    or type "exit" to leave MiNT and start the desktop under TOS

If you always want to start the desktop under MiNT, do the following:
(1) rename "init.prg" to "shell.prg" (or whatever). Someday you might want
    this shell. If you're sure you won't, you can just delete it.
(2) rename "gem.prg" to "init.prg". Now when you boot up, after the MiNT
    startup information the desktop will be run automatically.

In either case, you'll have to run gulam by hand, just as you normally would
under TOS 1.0.
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