I'm using Binkley PE 403 for os/2. I've got bink/max
on a 3 gig partition. I've been getting error messages
from Binkley saying "Out of disk space" when a node
tries to send me netmail. I'm nowhere near out of disk
space - the partition is almost empty. What gives, and
how do I fix it? *adh*

Alan:

This is a problem with binkley interpreting the returned free space value as a signed int. If you eat up space on the drive so you have just under 2Gb free, that should take care of the problem. I just copy files into a "delete-me" type subdirectory off the root to accomplish this. I've heard of a program called space hog that can also do the job.

For technical info, the results returned by the free disk space check under OS/2 is an unsigned int. It wraps at 4Gb. So, when you get a larger drive / partition, you'll hit the bug when you have 2Gb to 4Gb free, 6Gb to 8Gb free, etc.

Take care....

Bob Jones, 1:343/41


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Hello, Alan...

Dec 30, 2001 at 14:46, Alan Hess wrote to all:

I'm using Binkley PE 403 for os/2. I've got bink/max on a 3 gig partition. I've been getting error messages from Binkley saying "Out
of disk space" when a node tries to send me netmail. I'm nowhere
near out of disk space - the partition is almost empty. What gives,
and how do I fix it? *adh*

Bink (at least the older versions) can't handle more than 2gb of free space on a partition.

Regards,

Jerry Schwartz

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I'm using Binkley PE 403 for os/2. I've got bink/max on a 3 gig partition. I've been getting error messages from Binkley saying "Out of disk space" when a
node tries to send me netmail. I'm nowhere near out of disk space - the partition is almost empty. What gives, and how do I fix it? *adh*

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Hello Alan!

Sunday December 30 2001 14:46, Alan Hess wrote to all:

I'm using Binkley PE 403 for os/2. I've got bink/max on a 3 gig partition. I've been getting error messages from Binkley saying "Out
of disk space" when a node tries to send me netmail. I'm nowhere near
out of disk space - the partition is almost empty. What gives, and
how do I fix it? *adh*

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As I recall, on Binkley ver. 2.60 any Free Space larger than 2 Gig's, was interpreted as a "Negative number" causing Binkley to assume that you were out of drive space, the Fix for Hard drives with more than 2 Gig's of drive space, was: 1.) to create a seperate Partician of 2 Gig's or less, for Binkley to run on, or 2.) fill up the drive that Binkley was on with files, untill the Free Space was less than 2 Gig's.. :-))


Regards,
George Vandervort

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Hello, Bob.

31 Dec 01 08:22, Bob Jones wrote to Alan Hess:

For technical info, the results returned by the free disk space check under OS/2 is an unsigned int. It wraps at 4Gb. So, when you get a larger drive / partition, you'll hit the bug when you have 2Gb to 4Gb free, 6Gb to 8Gb free, etc.

Which is why Binkley and Squish reside on their own 2 GB partition. Ne'er a problem. <G>

Later,
Sean

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