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From: jsaxon@cs.tamu.edu (James B Saxon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Mathematica Disk Grubbing
Keywords: SWAP_SPACE, BOMBING, RECOVERING?
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Date: 25 Nov 90 15:42:17 GMT
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Friends, Gossipers, NeXTers, lend me your disk space...

I've been using Mathematica to generate lots of graphics lately.  I
really get into the animation of grids and contour maps.  BUT will
somebody please tell me why I have 88% of my hard disk left, that's
what 70 Meg of spare space?  And after I load in 160 images, my df
tells me that I am 100%.  Then the NeXT thrashes itself into getting a
NeXT tool shoved up it's OD hole to get out my OD, which is also
running full tilt, so I can hit the old command-alternate-* (better
than pulling the plug, for those who didn't know) and reboot from
scratch because it's chance if I can even remotely log in.  Sometimes,
if I'm lucky, I can continue doing Mathematica by closing files before
opening new ones, but that disk space never seems to come back unless
I reboot.

Anybody hit these snags???  Lemme know by good old regular e-mail
because my NeXT is a little busy.  Thanks,  James

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