[sf-lug] NEED INFO ABOUT BOOT SECTOR, SPACE LIMITS

[Michael Paoli]

Analogies often suck, but, e.g. like the difference between:

"I'm getting a message that my car is inclined towards starboard curbs."
vs.
"When the car is moving forward and I depress the brake pedal,
there's an indicator that says 'BRAKE' that lights up red on the
instrument panel, there's a squealing that comes from the front right,
and the car pulls to the right."
And I checked the owner's manual, and it says when the "BRAKE"
indicator lights up any time except when first turning key
from "OFF" to "RUN" postion,
to get the car to mechanic to check the brakes as there
is some problem detected with the brakes.  I think maybe
it's a brake problem?

This would generally avoid wasted time along likely irrelevant line
of questioning, e.g.:
Have you checked the front end alignment?
Is there air, and up to proper pressure, in the front right tire?

> From: "Rick Moen" <rick at linuxmafia.com>
> Subject: Re: [sf-lug] NEED INFO ABOUT BOOT SECTOR, SPACE LIMITS
> Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2017 21:16:52 -0700

> Quoting Mikki (mikkimc at earthlink.net):
>
>> Hello, Lug;
>>
>> I am getting a message that there is no more space at all in my boot sector.
>
> Mikki --
>
> Tell us a story, please.
>
> Vivid as you can, in proper time sequence.  And, as someone says, quote
> any important diagnostic information such as diagnostic messages
> _verbatim_, please.
>
> What you posted was, in effect, your interpretation.  Helpers cannot
> work with that.  They're going to need the raw data, verbatim.