Multi-GUI System HOW-TO


In this text I will explain how to setup an multi-boot 
system with SBOOT. I assume you have already both types
of AES installed: MyAES and XaAES.  

We begin by creating 2 sets: 

Press Shift + F2 and enter "mint-xaaes" (for XaAES) 
Press Shift + F3 and enter "mint-myaes" (for MyAES)

Now press F2 to load the xaaes set. Press "E" to edit the
script  for the set "XaAES". Now we will create an script
which:

 - Disables the MyAES configuration entry.
 - Enables the XaAES configuration entry.

The fact that XaAES mostly uses the INIT= statement
to be loaded and MyAES set uses the GEM= statement makes
the script a bit more easy to write. It's maybe a bit
tricky to see why we rename the Variables GEM= and INIT= to 
_GEM_ and _INIT_ when we deactivate them: That's
because otherwise the variable is rewritten each time the
script is executed, that shall not happen... 
 

# === XaAES Startup Script ===  

# disable MyAES (GEM= line):
rewrite U:/c/mint/1-18-cur/mint.cnf GEM= #_GEM_=

# enable XaAES (INIT= line):
rewrite U:/c/mint/1-18-cur/mint.cnf #_INIT_= INIT=

# === END OF SCRIPT === 

Press F2 to save the script. 
Now create the MyAES startup script. First load the MyAES 
set by pressing F3, then press E to edit the script. 
The script will: 
Enable the MyAES entry,
then disable the XaAES entry.

# === MyAES Startup Script ===

# enable MyAES (GEM= line):
rewrite U:/c/mint/1-18-cur/mint.cnf #_GEM_= GEM=

# disable XaAES (INIT= line):
rewrite U:/c/mint/1-18-cur/mint.cnf INIT= #_INIT_=

# === END OF SCRIPT === 

Press F2 to save the script. Now make a choice, 
press F2 to load the XaAES set, or F3 to load the 
MyAES set. Press ESC or Q to continue the boot process.

That's it! 

Regards, 
m0n0 - November 2012