> 4. Now the interesting case. Basically the same as (2) but now I > extracted src.tar.gz not in /tmp but in /home which is my largest > partition. This time, the suspend process does not finished and I > pulled the plug after some time.
I've heard a report or two of it not completing sync. I don't know yet what causes this situation. BTW, if anyone uses softdep *you have to tell me*, and then try to repeat problems you encounter without softdep. That is a totally different problem set.