cjohnson@unisoft.UUCP (Christopher Lyle Johnson) (04/14/88)
Actually, on some systems there is a problem when the /usr file system fills up. If the errordaemon attempts to log errors to /usr/ and the console is sufficiently slow, the kernel printf's may swallow the whole cpu. It isn't pretty. cj* ========================================================= This message does not reflect the views of UniSoft Corpse
mangler@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu (Don Speck) (04/26/88)
Trying to write to a full disk may not crash Unix, but on 4.2bsd typing ^S to the resulting "filesystem full" messages will freeze all of the ttys (and the console) until you type the corresponding ^Q. (Fortunately rshd doesn't use pty's). Don Speck speck@vlsi.caltech.edu {amdahl,ames!elroy}!cit-vax!speck