How to clean up full /boot safely?

[Liam Proven]

On 12 February 2018 at 19:52, Colin Watson <cjwatson at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 06:57:09PM +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
>> On 12 February 2018 at 18:16, Colin Watson <cjwatson at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> > But if you claim that something flat-out doesn't work when it does -
>> > even if there are caveats - then I'll still point out the error.
>>
>> My words were:
>>
>> "Things GRUB might have problems with"
>>
>> As I have emphasised before: *MIGHT*
>
> Your words were also "the kernel must be on something GRUB can read,
> i.e. a straightforward Linux filesystem", and that was what I considered
> to be the main substance of what I was objecting to.  Do you see how
> that reads as a claim that other configurations flat-out don't work?

No. It is not and it does not.

It follows the word "might" and is thus _conditional_.

It expresses _uncertainty_ which is MY ENTIRE POINT.

> [This is my understanding of the design, but it's a very long time since
> I've personally tried it.  Anyone relying on this should test it on an
> unimportant system first.]

And that uncertainty is what I am getting at, _not_ some subtle
linguistic quibble.

I am not disputing what GRUB can or can't do.

I'm saying that in the situation of trying to give general comments
about hypothetical situations in online advice -- which is what
technical writers must do, and that is what I am -- being careful and
general is essential and far more important than restrictive literal
statements about one software component can or can't do, which are not
generalisable to all systems in all cases.

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