141991 - wrong detection of available disk space when downloading

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 129923

(SeaMonkey :: Download & File Handling, defect)

Description

[esteban decondo]

Hi,

when downloading huge files (> 700 MB from easynews.com) Mozilla reports too 
few available disk space and terminates download. The actually available disk 
space is > 9 Gig on an IDE disk.
Bug was reproducable on several partitions, all with enough space left.

btw: this problem also appears sometimes with Netscape 4.76 but Netscape offers 
you the possibility to continue downloading.

cheers,

Esteban

Comment 1

[Nicholas Allen]

Most likely a bug 129923 issue.

Reporter, see if making enough space available in your temporary directory to 
hold the file allows you to download it.

Comment 2

[Joe Bosch]

Found the same problem; corrected by cleaning out ALL Temp folders, including Cookies, Temp, Internet Temp, etc.  Running Disk Cleanup frequently should prevent the error from recurring. (My experience with this problem, anyway.)

Comment 3

[Max Kanat-Alexander]

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Can you reproduce this problem on a recent build? Is it different from bug 129923?
 
If the answer to both those questions is "yes," then feel free to re-open this bug!

-M

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 129923 ***

Comment 4

[Joe Bosch]

This problem is still recurring, even with ALL temp files emptied and cookies
deleted.  Even increasing cache size did not correct the problem.  Target file
size: 428KB, target disk space: >1GB.  Occasionally, just retrying to down load
the file goes without a hitch, but sometimes the problem is so stubborn that a
different disk has to be selected.  Seems to be a "random" problem; not always
reproducable, only annoying when it happens.  OS: W2000; browser version: 1.3b.