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   wizzwizz4 (wizzwizz4@fosstodon.org)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 05:19:09 JST wizzwizz4

   • Alexandra-Lilith

   @alilly Consider ".linux.xz~"

   Explanation:

   • Unlike FAT32, the inferior ext4 doesn't have a +S attribute. Marking the file "hidden" is the closest alternative.
   • I read https://www.nongnu.org/lzip/xz_inadequate.html. (Well, I read the title.) I'm not sure what "inadequate" means, but I'm guessing it's like inflammable. So make sure to rename everything to xz for archiving.
   • If you shut down your computer, the kernel image is needed to bring it back up. A trailing ~ signifies a backup file.

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     • Alexandra-Lilith

     @alilly One potential problem with this naming scheme, versus the popular non-standard approaches, is that it loses versioning information. But we shouldn't be using filenames for that: that's why we have version control. So make sure you have a .git folder in your boot directory, and commit every time you replace the kernel.