Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 09:45:48 -0500 (EST)
From: "..Nissim.." <nchudnof AT mbhs DOT edu>
To: opendos AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Bootup logs (was: Wishlist 2.0)
In-Reply-To: <199703291239.HAA14423@delorie.com>
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On Sat, 29 Mar 1997, DJ Delorie wrote:

> 
> > If non-destructive writing were done, the only systems ultimately opendos
> > could be used on would have to have minimum 1 terabyte hard drives.
> >
> > > I disagree. I think the logs should be *appended to* for each bootup.
> 
> Another option is to start with a fresh log if it's more than an hour
> old.  If you're rebooting many times within an hour, you probably need
> all the logs, otherwise, you probably don't.

Why not give the user the option to not have a bootlog at all, have a
over-writing bootlog, or an appending boot log?

...Nissim...
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