Re: [MiNT] C:\MINT directory locked & xa_boot.log

[Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>]

On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:24:40 , Eero Tamminen <oak@helsinkinet.fi> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On maanantai 28 tammikuu 2013, J. F. Lemaire wrote:
> > On 28 January 2013 04:54, WongCK <wongck68@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > As a user, I have been setting my xa_boot.log to read-only for several
> > > years now. It's like the first few thing I do when I setup a Mint
> > > system. Not only it makes my boot up significantly faster (not
> > > everyone of us is using a FB), I also do not have to worry about
> > > having a large file hording my hard disk.
> >
> > One thing I don't understand about xa_boot.log is why it's important
> > to keep its previous content intact during each boot. Why not wipe the
> > file out? At least we would be sure it would never grow into a
> > multi-MB monster.
>
> If you have a problem that requires reboot, the log disappearing
> at that point would make it rather useless for investigating
> the issue afterwards, wouldn't it? :-)
>
>
> Linux machines rotate logs at certain intervals, compress the rotated
> logs and delete too old ones.  They even have a separate logrotate
> utility to do that.  Maemo internet tablets did the rotation, based
> on the log size, not how old it was.
>
> That's one possibility for MiNT too, but I would use some more lightweigth
> compression method than gzip, maybe lzop & lighter compression level...
>
>
>     - Eero
>
>

I believe Samba has a limit on log file sizes that can be set.

Regards,

Peter