[X4U] "Startup disk almost full" alert (10.4.11)

[Ed Gould]

On Jan 29, 2009, at 9:32 AM, LA Licata wrote:

> I started recently erasing free disk space with a single pass on my  
> internal drive. The why I started is not important.
>
> After the first pass is done, an alert that is worded something  
> like "Your hard drive is almost full. You should erase some  
> files" (probably not the exact phase, but close)  pops up.
>
> I am on a 17" PB, 1.5 Ghz power pc G4, 1 GB DDR SDRAM, 10.4.11, all  
> software up-to date. My TOSHIBA MK8025GAS 74.53 GB drive has  31.77  
> GB free out of an available 74.41 GB. Percentage wise, 57% of the  
> drive capacity is used.
>
> During the free space wipe process, there appears to be a temp file  
> written which seems to added about 4-5% to this number. Within  
> minutes of the first pass being completed, and after this alert  
> pops up, this temp file appears to be deleted as the indicated  
> drive space used drops back down to 57%.
>
> So, could should one suggest why I am getting the "my drive is  
> almost full" popup?
>
> Thanks for listening.
>
> Lee
> Lee:

I am assuming that you emptied the trash after putting all the files  
into it?

Ed