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IO error

#9609
From: kyle
Date: Thu, 09 May 1991 17:50
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jay borkenhagen writes:
 > I've been seeing the following problem since we upgraded from SunOS
 > 4.0.3 to 4.1.1.  I doubt this is a VM problem per se, but so far I
 > have only noticed it occurring with VM.
 > 
 > If I vm-save-folder ("S") and type ahead with save-some-buffers 
 > ("C-x s"), I get this message in the mini-buffer:
 > 
 > 	IO error writing /qsun/h1/jayb/mail/INBOX
 > 
 > where INBOX is my current folder.  At this point the current folder
 > has been expunged but not saved.  I've never noticed any problems if I
 > don't type ahead.

We're running SunOS 4.1.1 and I recently had an I/O error writing
my primary inbox.  The disk was local to the system in question,
i.e. no NFS.  I, too, was using typeahead.  (I remember because I
distinctly remember saying "Whoa!" when the error message
appeared and was thankful that emacs discards buffer input upon
signaling an error.)  It's hard to imagine how typeahad coould be
causing a disk write error, but here's some at least offer
corrobating testimony.
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Subject: IO error
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