Norton Go Home! We don't want you!
Tim Tsai
it1 at ra.MsState.Edu
Tue Feb 19 11:28:54 AEST 1991
In article <466 at bria> uunet!bria!mike writes:
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>along and asks how much disk there is. The OS lies, saying there are 'x'
>free blocks, when there really is not. I start creating files, and
>*whoom* run out of real disk space, and my program (while in the middle of
>rebuilding an index to a large database) crashes.
Woa. Can somebody confirm this? I thought NU is supposed to
overwrite the so-called "freed" space when the "real" disk space
starts to run out?
[rest of msg deleted to keep inews happy]
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I'd never cry if I did find a blue whale in my soup...
Nor would I mind a porcupine inside a chicken coop.
Yes life is fine when things combine, like ham in beef chow mein...
But Lord this time I think I mind, they've put acid in my rain. <Milo Bloom>
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