RE: /Boot is full - advice please

From: Otto Haliburton (ottohaliburton_at_comcast.net)
Date: 08/22/03

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Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 12:11:49 -0500

    Glad I made.

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: redhat-list-admin@redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
    > admin@redhat.com] On Behalf Of Jason Dixon
    > Sent: Friday, August 22, 2003 11:53 AM
    > To: Red Hat Mailing List
    > Subject: RE: /Boot is full - advice please
    >
    > On Fri, 2003-08-22 at 12:40, Otto Haliburton wrote:
    > > There were previous posting. His question was /boot is full. The
    > > original response was to go to /boot and delete old kernels. That
    > is
    > > where RH places them and never deletes them. It distinguishes them
    > with
    > > labels. It was suggested that he uses rpm's and I suggested that
    > not
    > > every user installs using rpm's. Top posting is acceptable to me
    > > because I don't need to constantly review what was previously stated
    > and
    > > waste my time by constantly going to the end of the message. It is
    > my
    > > suggestion that all replies to messages only containing the response
    > or
    > > top post so that the reader can review if he wants to or not review
    > if
    > > he chooses.
    >
    > You neglect to consider the readability of your messages for thousands
    > of other readers. As far as the rest of the /boot stuff goes, I'm
    > considering this thread dead. You're in defensive mode now, and
    > everyone realizes you screwed up.
    >
    > > Some people only respond to the last email sent and consequently end
    > up
    > > like you uninformed on what was previously posted. Which is why you
    > are
    > > against top posting.
    >
    > No, I'm against top posting because threads are often non-linear.
    > That
    > is to say, that they routinely have multiple forks from different
    > submitters. This causes a "leaf node" effect, where readers have to
    > dig
    > back down through the emails to figure out WHO you might be replying
    > to
    > and WHAT you're talking about. In short, it's rude.
    >
    > Congratulations, you've made it to my filters.
    >
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