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

[Eero Tamminen <oak@helsinkinet.fi>]

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