# ---------------- FreeMiNT configuration file --------------------- # # The mint.cnf file is loaded, when the entire system is practically # up, all device drivers and filesystem drivers have been loaded etc. # If you want to control earlier settings, see mint.ini file. # # Edit this with a normal ASCII text editor. Lines starting with '#' # are comments. Other lines are commands for MiNT to execute at boot # up, or variables that control how MiNT behaves. # NOTICE: as of FreeMiNT 1.16.0, the format of most keywords has # changed. Old keywords are still supported, however, you # cannot use this configuration file for older versions # of MiNT! # The term `sysdir' we use here is short for `system directory' and # means the directory, where you keep your mint.cnf file, your # modules (XFS and XDD files) and other such system binaries. The # sysdir value is usually u:/c/mint. # # For clarity, it is assumed all over this example file, that your # boot drive is C:, and, if you have installed SpareMiNT distribution, # that your SpareMiNT drive is E:. Note, that if you have installed # SpareMiNT, you can refer to your sysdir as u:/boot/mint/ # # -------------------- ACTUAL CONFIGURATION ----------------------- # # Set current working directory to u: respective / # # FreeMiNT 1.16 does this automatically, this line is only required # on previous versions (also on 1.16 alphas compiled before second # half of July 2004). #cd u:/ # # ------------------ mint.cnf parser commands --------------------- # # The '#' sign at the begin of the line means that a comment follows. # The entire line after the '#' sign will be ignored by the parser. # The "set" directive controls the behaviour of the mint.cnf parser. # It accepts one of three parameters: # #set -q - silent output (+q for verbose output) #set -v - print command lines (+v don't) #set -c - control interpretation of escape sequences #set -q # The include command allows you to include other files while the # mint.cnf file is being interpreted. The included file will be # interpreted as a part of the mint.cnf file. #include u:/c/mint/vars.cnf # More commands follow. # # ---------------------- Kernel settings -------------------------- # # # Here are things you can change if you want to. There are reasonable # defaults for all of these. # # KERN_SLICES controls how long a process may run before being # interrupted. The number means an amount of 20 ms time intervals. # # The default value (2) is usually best, but if you tend to run # very processor intensive applications in the foreground, you might # want to put KERN_SLICES=3 (this makes CPU hogs get more time than # they otherwise would). # # The smaller the KERN_SLICES value, your processes have faster # response time but the general performance is worse. Very fast # machines however, may benefit from setting 1 here. #KERN_SLICES=2 # KERN_DEBUG_LEVEL controls output of global debugging information. # The higher the level, the more stuff MiNT will spew about about # what it's doing. # # The average user doesn't want to hear about this stuff, so the # default is 1, i.e. display ALERT messages only. Note that you need # a debug kernel to get more: normal kernels do not contain so much # debug information. # # KERN_DEBUG_DEVNO is the BIOS device number to which the info # should be sent. # # Devno can be: 0=printer, 1=aux/modem, 2=screen (console), 3=midi, # 4=keybrd, 5=raw. # # The default is the console. #KERN_DEBUG_LEVEL=1 #KERN_DEBUG_DEVNO=2 # KERN_BIOSBUF controls how BIOS I/O is performed. Normally, MiNT # tries to buffer this to provide a (considerable) improvement in # speed. However, some applications may get upset by this. # # KERN_BIOSBUF=NO turns off all buffering for maximum compatibility. # The default is YES. #KERN_BIOSBUF=YES # KERN_SECURITY_LEVEL= enables the appropriate security level: # # 0 - recommended for single user setups, like MultiTOS (default). # 1 - recommended for multiuser setups, like KGMD. # 2 - full protection, unsupported by software, thus discouraged. #KERN_SECURITY_LEVEL=1 # KERN_MPFLAGS controls the memory protection behaviour. Its argument # is a bitfield. Only the bit 0 is defined: 1 means, that more strict # model of the protection should be enabled. Some programs may # refuse to run, so the default is 0. #KERN_MPFLAGS=1 # TPA_FASTLOAD=YES forces fast loading (without zeroing all the # memory) for all programs. This defines a default state, that can be # modified later via appropriate kernel calls (use MiNT Setter # utility to toggle it later when neessary, without reboots). # # TPA_FASTLOAD=NO (default) means that the information from the # program header will be used to decide (this is like TOS does). #TPA_FASTLOAD=YES # Set maximum additional TPA size for new processes # (in kilobytes). The default is 1024. Better keep it low (1024 is # what we call low) if your machine has 4 MB RAM or less. #TPA_INITIALMEM=4096 # FS_NEWFATFS= enables the new FAT filesystem driver for selected FAT # filesystems. The old TOS FS will be used otherwise. # # The default depends on whether the TOSFS driver is compiled into the # kernel or not. If it is, all drives are TOSFS by default. If not, # all drives are NEWFATFS by default and this keyword has no effect. #FS_NEWFATFS=A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,V,W,X,Y,Z # FS_VFAT= enables VFAT extension for selected drives specified in the # FS_NEWFATFS= command. The VFAT extension is disabled by default. # # If you use both TOS and MiNT, better don't enable VFAT extension # on your boot drive. #FS_VFAT=D,E,F,G # FS_VFAT_LCASE=YES tells the kernel to return lowercase filenames # from VFAT directory searches. The default is NO. #FS_VFAT_LCASE=YES # FS_WB_ENABLE= enables write back cache for selected drives. The # write back cache is disabled by default. Also, it does not have # any effect for TOSFS drives. #FS_WB_ENABLE=C,D,E,F # FS_CACHE_SIZE= specifies the size of disk cache in kilobytes for the # internal caching module. Default is 128. #FS_CACHE_SIZE=4096 # FS_CACHE_PERCENTAGE specifies the size of the disk cache (in # percents) to be filled with linear reads. The default is 5. #FS_CACHE_PERCENTAGE=10 # FS_UPDATE= set update time for system update daemon in seconds # default is 5, it isn't recommended to use a value less than 4. #FS_UPDATE=10 # Software write protection on filesystem level. #FS_WRITE_PROTECT=R,S # FDC_HIDE_B= tells the MiNT to remove floppy drive B: from the # system. # It is useful on single floppy systems to get rid of "Insert # disk B: into drive A:" messages from the AES. Default is NO. #FDC_HIDE_B=YES # PROC_MAXMEM= gives the maximum amount of memory that any process # may use (in kilobytes). The default is to make this unlimited, but # if you have a lot of memory and/or programs that grab more memory # than they should, try setting this. # # E.g. to limit processes to 4096K of memory, remove the '#' at the # beginning of the next line. # # WARNING: the process will not be allowed to allocate memory beyond # the limit, and it won't "see" more memory as available from the # system. # Please understand that programs like "free" (or any other that # interrogates the system how much memory is available) is a process # as well, thus it will undergo this limit too! # # Decent shells (desktops) allow you to limit the maximum amount of # memory independently for each program. #PROC_MAXMEM=4096 # Three commands, that define output files for RS-232, console and # printer devices. The argument for each one must be a pathname. # # For best results, the convention u:/drive/pathname should be used # for all specified pathnames from now on. #GEMDOS_AUX=u:/c/mint/aux.out #GEMDOS_CON=u:/c/mint/con.out #GEMDOS_PRN=u:/c/mint/prn.out # End of kernel settings # # -------------------------- Commands ------------------------------ # # Here are some commands that you can give to MiNT: # # alias d: path -- make a fake "drive" that actually points to the # given path # cd path -- changes MiNT's default directory # echo message -- print something on the screen # exec program -- runs a program; you must give the complete path # and file extensions (e.g. c:/bin/echo.prg) # include file -- include another portion of the MINT.CNF file. # sln path link -- make a symbolic link named "link" pointing to # "path". "link" must be on drive U: for this to work # Examples follow # # Notice you have to adjust commands below for your filesystem # structure. # # You could use "alias" to provide a quick way of getting at # nested directories, e.g. if you do # # alias r: u:/c/some/long/path # # then clicking on drive r: puts you into the folder c:/some/long/path # The "sln" command may be used to create "links" on drive U:. If # u:/foo is a link to c:/bar, then u:/foo/foo.txt is another way # of saying c:/bar/foo.txt. Judicious use of links can make # re-arranging hard disks and directories painless (if you always # use the names on drive u:, it doesn't matter where you put # the actual directories). # Setting up the root filesystem for UNIX environment # # WARNING: directories listed in the left column must really exist! sln c:/mint/1-19-c02/sys-root/bin u:/bin #sln e:/boot u:/boot sln c:/mint/1-19-c02/sys-root/etc u:/etc #sln e:/home u:/home #sln e:/lib u:/lib #sln e:/mnt u:/mnt sln c:/mint/1-19-c02/sys-root/opt u:/opt sln c:/mint/1-19-c02/sys-root/root u:/root #sln e:/sbin u:/sbin sln c:/mint/1-19-c02/sys-root/share u:/share sln c:/mint/1-19-c02/sys-root/tmp u:/tmp #sln e:/usr u:/usr sln c:/mint/1-19-c02/sys-root/var u:/var # Some people want also to do this: #sln u:/pipe/pty.A u:/dev/pty.A #sln u:/pipe/pty.B u:/dev/pty.B #sln u:/pipe/pty.C u:/dev/pty.C #sln u:/pipe/pty.D u:/dev/pty.D #sln u:/pipe/pty.E u:/dev/pty.E #sln u:/pipe/pty.F u:/dev/pty.F #sln u:/pipe/pty.G u:/dev/pty.G #sln u:/pipe/pty.H u:/dev/pty.H #sln u:/pipe/pty.I u:/dev/pty.I #sln u:/pipe/pty.J u:/dev/pty.J #sln u:/pipe/pty.K u:/dev/pty.K # PCONVERT and UNIXMODE variables control some internals of # MiNT Library. # # FreeMiNT 1.16.0 sets these two below automatically. # Default values are as below. #setenv PCONVERT PATH,HOME,SHELL #setenv UNIXMODE /brUs # Default path # # Default on 1.16.0 is c:/, on 1.16.1 this is the sysdir. setenv PATH /sbin;/bin;/usr/sbin;/usr/bin # Default path to search the SLBs (MagiC style 'shared libraries # Default - on 1.16.0 - is the system directory (so called sysdir). # # Note, that FreeMiNT 1.16.0 and up will search SLBs in the sysdir # automatically, if found nowhere else, so it is useless to # explicitly add this here. setenv SLBPATH /c/mint/slb # It is advisable to set this here to a preferred name setenv HOSTNAME saturn # This also can be useful setenv TMPDIR u:/tmp # Checking filesystem if necessary # Note: you need a correct /etc/fstab #exec u:/c/mint/bin/sh u:/c/mint/bin/fscheck.sh #echo # Alternative method, if you have e2fsck.ttp in /c/mint, # and e: is your ext2fs drive. #exec u:/c/mint/e2fsck.ttp -C 0 -p e: # Set up time stuff. Note that you need MiNT Lib timezone package # (installed along with the library) for this below to work. # # Such settings are valid if your clock ticks in UTC. For local # time you have to add -l to the tzinit. #setenv TZ 'Europe/London' #exec u:/sbin/tzinit #exec u:/sbin/tzinit -l # The "exec" command is used to launch programs. Note that programs # so launched are started before GEM is, so they must be TOS/TTP # programs. # Start Draconis to MiNT-Net gateway #exec u:/c/mint/mgw.prg #echo # Start Gluestik #exec u:/c/mint/gluestik.prg #echo # Default login variables. Leave them commented out, if you use # UNIX style login. If you're using plain MultiTOS and want to # run UNIX shells under TOSWIN, please uncomment it. setenv LOGNAME root setenv USER root setenv HOME /root setenv SHELL /bin/bash # These lines (with proper pathnames) are obligatory, if you're # going to use N.AES and Thing Desktop, respectively. # # Note that of you don't set the THINGDIR, the Thing desktop # will store all its files in your $HOME. #setenv AESDIR u:/c/mint/n_aes/ #setenv THINGDIR u:/c/mint/thing/ # The best option is to have INIT= command here, after all pathnames # are already set up by commands above. # If the MiNT is supposed to execute GEM, you should specify the full # path and filename like that: GEM=u:/c/mint/1-19-c02/xaaes/xaloader.prg # You can also request MiNT to execute the TOS AES residing in ROM. # WARNING: this is not recommended, you should use a GEM version # instead, that is multitasking friendly. #GEM=ROM # Otherwise, if your init program is not GEM, you should use INIT= as # follows: #INIT=u:/c/mint/init.prg # If you leave both commands above commented out, the MiNT will # attempt to execute a file called `sh.tos' found in the system # directory (the same where the mint.cnf resides), and if this # fails, the internal minimum shell will be executed. # Before the MiNT executes the rest of the operating system, it is # usually the best to change the current directory to the top # directory of all filesystems. # # FreeMiNT 1.16.0 does this automatically. #cd u:/ # # The "echo" command is really straightforward. # echo Setup complete, now booting the system... echo