begin Robert G. Scofield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Monday 22 April 2002 09:50 am, you wrote: > > > > Rod suggess checking the filesystems to make sure they are not full (good > > idea too) > > When you guys talk about the filesytems being full, do you mean that the hard > disk is full? I once completely filled up a Red Hat system to the point > where I'd get error messages that it could not write my files because there > was no room. However, Linux worked flawlessly under these conditions unlike > Windows which begins to crash with 150 megs or so of empty space left. > > Bob
filesystem refers to the hard drive. and you're absolutely right. linux sets aside 5% of the diskspace for use *just* for root. when a filesystem reaches 100% there's still room left for rootly stuff. that prevents total chaos ensuing when a filesystem gets full. it also prevents a malicious user from intentionally bringing a system to its knees. pete _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
