Check whether the partition has been re-mounted "read-only". This can happen if the OS detects some error on the partition and it re mounts the partition "read-only" to saveguard the data. Cheers Daniel. On Fri, 23 Oct 2015 12:02:21 +1000 Piers Rowan <piers.rowan(a)recruitonline.com.au> wrote: -- dan062 <dan062(a)yahoo.com.au>

Hi there Just an idea that you might want to look into. Are there processes that have not been terminated that are still running that might be consuming resources (maximum open files, maximum processes running, that kind of thing). I teach C programming and we get the students to compile and run their programs on the server and from time to time our students have those sorts of problems. cheers Paul Miller Education Researcher Head Tutor for COSC1076 - Advanced Programming Techniques Head Tutor for COSC1252/1254 - Programming Using C++ School of CS& IT, RMIT GPO Box 2476 or 124 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, 3001 *RMIT University acknowledges the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nations as the traditional owners of the land on which the University stands. RMIT University respectfully recognises Elders both past and present.* On 23 October 2015 at 13:02, Piers Rowan <piers.rowan(a)recruitonline.com.au> wrote: