You should be all right

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Nielson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 12:17 PM
> To:   Redhat list
> Subject:      Root partition disk full question
> 
> I screwed up a long tar command and wound up writing a tarball into my
> root directory instead of one on a much larger partition, and it filled up
> that partition, producing a disk full error. I deleted the offending file
> and rebooted and the system appears to be working fine, no message log
> errors or anything. 
> 
> My question is this: Can I do damage to the file system by filling up the
> disk accidentally that way? Obviously if I had really hosed the partition
> I would know it, but if I rebooted and everything works well, does that
> mean everything is OK? How can I tell for sure that I have not created a
> problem that will appear over time? 
> 
> Any help appreciated.
> 
> Gary
> 
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