Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!isi.edu!venera.isi.edu!arens From: arens@ISI.EDU (Yigal Arens) Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1 Subject: How to fix "disk almost full" message Message-ID: <17298@venera.isi.edu> Date: 25 Mar 91 20:42:35 GMT Sender: news@isi.edu Organization: USC/Information Sciences Institute Lines: 43 A week or so ago I asked for advice on how to get rid of that annoying "disk almost full" message that pops up in a window every few minutes when free disk space drops below 5%. There have been many responses, some posted, and many more mailed directly to me. At the beginning I thanked each respondent personally, but as the number grew I neglected to do so. So let me do so now: Thanks to all who responded! The message in question appears to originate with smgr, but simply killing that process has the unpleasant side effect of getting rid of cron (and the time of day displayed at the top line of your screen). The best solution, in my opinion, and the one which I have adopted, involved using adb to edit /etc/smgr. It was posted a couple of days ago, but for those who missed it, here it is again: - From: rhh@alice.att.com (r hardin) - Subject: Re: Getting rid of "disk almost full" message - Date: 23 Mar 91 12:14:40 GMT - - Assuming you're running 3.5 as I am, you can - - * $ su - * () - * # adb -w /etc/smgr - * upd_time+1be?i - upd_time+1be: bge.w upd_time+236 - * .?w 6000 - upd_time+1be: 6c00 = 6000 - * .?i - upd_time+1be: bra.w upd_time+236 - * - # - (*) = you type - - which causes smgr to think there's lots of space regardless of your usage. -- Yigal Arens "Strange women lying in ponds USC/ISI distributing swords is no arens@isi.edu basis for a system of government."