[OpenAFS] On the wording "No space left on device"

Derrick Brashear shadow@gmail.com
Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:56:39 -0500


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On Jan 29, 2008 1:47 PM, Jeff Blaine <jblaine@kickflop.net> wrote:

> Jeffrey Altman wrote:
> > Jeff Blaine wrote:
> >> We had a user complain this week about having no clue what
> >> "No space left on device" meant.
> >>
> >> Regardless of this particular user's inability to deduce
> >> that there was "NO SPACE LEFT", I like to take these
> >> opportunities to consider improvements.
> >>
> >> "Disk, partition, or volume has insufficient free space"
> >>
> >> Better yet, why does it have to be so vague?  Can't it
> >> determine the actual problem, at least for the 90% case
> >> of quota limit?
> >>
> >> "Quota for volume u.jblaine has been exceeded."
> >
> > Which client?
>  >
> > Which platform?
> >
> > What produced the error message?
>
> Well, the message has been there in that form for as long
> as I can remember on any UNIX platform I've touched.
>
> This was a Solaris 9 box.  The message was caused by his
> home directory volume being over quota.
>
>
Sure, but it's not our error.

The custom locale is probably the best answer, but it's not ours to give
you.

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 29, 2008 1:47 PM, Jeff Blaine &lt;<a href="mailto:jblaine@kickflop.net">jblaine@kickflop.net</a>&gt; wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Jeffrey Altman wrote:<br><div class="Ih2E3d">&gt; Jeff Blaine wrote:<br>&gt;&gt; We had a user complain this week about having no clue what<br>&gt;&gt; &quot;No space left on device&quot; meant.<br>&gt;&gt;<br></div>&gt;&gt; Regardless of this particular user&#39;s inability to deduce<br>
&gt;&gt; that there was &quot;NO SPACE LEFT&quot;, I like to take these<br>&gt;&gt; opportunities to consider improvements.<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; &quot;Disk, partition, or volume has insufficient free space&quot;<br>&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Better yet, why does it have to be so vague? &nbsp;Can&#39;t it<br>&gt;&gt; determine the actual problem, at least for the 90% case<br>&gt;&gt; of quota limit?<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; &quot;Quota for volume u.jblaine has been exceeded.&quot;<br>
&gt;<br>&gt; Which client?<br>&nbsp;&gt;<br>&gt; Which platform?<br>&gt;<br>&gt; What produced the error message?<br><br>Well, the message has been there in that form for as long<br>as I can remember on any UNIX platform I&#39;ve touched.<br>
<br>This was a Solaris 9 box. &nbsp;The message was caused by his<br>home directory volume being over quota.<br><br></blockquote><div><br>Sure, but it&#39;s not our error.<br><br>The custom locale is probably the best answer, but it&#39;s not ours to give you.<br>
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