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- From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
- Subject: Re: Multi Line BBS
- Message-ID: <BzotwK.HKA@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- References: <1992Dec18.080158.19384@netcom.com> <dillon.0t21@overload.Berkeley.CA.US> <1992Dec20.152822.29515@wam.umd.edu> <1h6jq3INNolm@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 01:09:42 GMT
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- bostrov@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU (Vareck Bostrom) writes:
-
- >I keep wondering about this. My NeXTCube has never crashed though
- >it's run out of disk space on "/" (Same partition as the swap space)
- >many times. Some times I have several large Improv worksheets, Mathematica,
- >ImageViewer and several other things running ... vm_stat reports
- >something like 20 pages free (i.e. out of real memory) and the disk is
- >full..df reports 101% use on /, but the machine does not crash. I keep
- >worrying about it because everyone has told me it would crash, but it never
- >does. I've got 24MB in my cube..
-
- The answer is: 101% is not a full disk if you built it in the normal
- way. Somewhere between 105% and 110% is actually FULL usually. df
- will report the proper number of kb free. Note that non-root users
- cannot write to disks that are more than 100% full, but the swapper
- can continue to write until the disk is truly full. You continue by
- writing into the slack space set aside by the fast file system.
-
- >'I have tried IComm but it kinda takes over the machine, and I hate that.
- >I know there are comm programs that cost money out there but ...sigh.
- >I like going down to the local "HardWare Shop" , pointing at a
- >Supra 14.4 modem and having a NeXT flow control cable and _NeXT_
- >communication software included. This MAC software that came with the
- >modem doesn't work well with NeXTs (or at all, in fact) .
-
- >I'm one of those people who hates mail order and must HAVE IT TODAY, and
- >NeXT software is simply not that available yet. Oh Well.
-
- MicroPhone II should do what you want, although it does cost money.
- Also, regarding the modem, cable, and software: NeXTConnection
- stocks them and while they can't get it to you TODAY, they can get
- it to you tomorrow. :-)
- --
- David Lemson (217) 244-1205
- University of Illinois NeXT Campus Consultant / CCSO NeXT Lab System Admin
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