[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 <<a href="mailto:jblaine@kickflop.net">jblaine@kickflop.net</a>> 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">> Jeff Blaine wrote:<br>>> We had a user complain this week about having no clue what<br>>> "No space left on device" meant.<br>>><br></div>>> Regardless of this particular user's inability to deduce<br>
>> that there was "NO SPACE LEFT", I like to take these<br>>> opportunities to consider improvements.<br>>><br>>> "Disk, partition, or volume has insufficient free space"<br>>><br>
>> Better yet, why does it have to be so vague? Can't it<br>>> determine the actual problem, at least for the 90% case<br>>> of quota limit?<br>>><br>>> "Quota for volume u.jblaine has been exceeded."<br>
><br>> Which client?<br> ><br>> Which platform?<br>><br>> 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've touched.<br>
<br>This was a Solaris 9 box. The message was caused by his<br>home directory volume being over quota.<br><br></blockquote><div><br>Sure, but it's not our error.<br><br>The custom locale is probably the best answer, but it's not ours to give you.<br>
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