Re: ext2 for /boot ???
On Fri, Sep 14, 2018 at 01:23:31PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> >> BTW, am I the only one here bothered that his 250MB /boot partition
> >> tends to fill up, even though a 500MB HDD was plenty to hold the whole
> >> OS plus lots and lots of free space, on a 64bit workstation like the
> >> original DEC Alphas?
> > you may consider removing old images that you do not use as they are not
> > removed automatically AFAIR.
> > I keep n, n-1 and rearly n-2
>
> Obviously that's what we all do, I think. My point was more
> philosophical than asking for help, tho ;-)
>
> I just find it amazing that the kernel has grown to be so big as to be
> comparable to a complete unix distribution on a workstation of some
> years ago (with GUI, compilers, ...).
>
> And to a large extent they work identically (same windowing system, same
> editor, same 1600x1200 screen resolution, ...).
Now just let me tell you about the Space Station's maxxed out A31p's
- 1600x1200 was absolutely the bomb!
No tan from CRT, font sizes small enough to fit a reasonable script
file on the screen yet still enough pixels so that 6pt system was
still entirely legible, AND portable.
THEN what happened?
I'll --tell-- you what happened sonny! The dang consumers got into
this "small and light" LCD tee vee concept and destroyed the market
for a literal tuck fun of years, a decade and a half basically!
All the laptops, desktops and everything went bloody backwards
forever! Those were shameful days, shameful I tell ya, where
consumerism ran rampant and sanity absolutely did not prevail!
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