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Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 18:29:08 +0100
From: Alex Riesen <vmagic@users.sourceforge.net>
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Subject: tmpfs: a way to get your system down
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Hi, all,

just hit by tmpfs on 2.4.2-ac20

mount -t tmpfs mnt
dd if=/dev/zero mnt/tmpfile

resulted in hardly slowed system and lockup,
and not in "No space left on device", as expected.

Alex Riesen

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