[ Forwarding Thomas' good explanation to Brian's reply-to address ] On Sat, Sep 08, 2007 at 10:48:25PM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: >Hi, > >> the program failed to check the available hard drive space. >> it crashed my computer. >> I don't know how the specifics of space checking work, > >This is not specific to mkisofs. >Many commands would fill up your disk if you order them. >E.g.: > cat /dev/zero >FreeDisk.iso >Only few check wether there is room. >(Urm, what system call would that be, btw ?) > > >If your system cannot stand that your home >directory fills up its filesystem, then there >is something severely wrong with the system. > >You aren't doing that as superuser, do you ? >The superuser is supposed to take care for >himself. > >> I am using Ubuntu 7.04, > >That's where you should ask for advise. >If anybody points at mkisofs, you should point >at above cat command.
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