When the user fills up the hard drive

[Sivan Greenberg]

Sean Hammond wrote:
> I'm told that if a user fills up the entire hard drive on Windows XP
> and then restarts the machine Windows will more or less keep running,
> because a certain amount of space is always reserved for the page
> file. So the user will still be allowed to login, although the system
> will probably complain lots and go very slow. But they'll get warnings
> about the disc being full and have a chance to take action.
> 
[..snip..]

Although GDM/GNOME needs to be fixed to allow logins even in "extreme" 
conditions, I have created a specification especially for your mentioned 
use case and some more. Note that my solution take more of the 
preventive approach then wait when things break[1]. If you are 
interested, more feedback and comments in a "comments" section on  the 
specification page would be welcome.

Sivan



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[1]: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SystemCleanUpTool