[Bugs] #1798 NORM: overlay corruption

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#1798: overlay corruption
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    Reporter:  David Kergyl  |          Owner:  sdz                        
        Type:  defect        |         Status:  new                        
    Priority:  Normal        |      Milestone:  Unspecified by Release Team
   Component:  SoaS          |        Version:  Unspecified                
    Severity:  Critical      |       Keywords:                             
Distribution:  SoaS          |   Status_field:  Unconfirmed                
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Comment(by David Kergyl):

 Thanks, Sascha.  This sounds like a serious problem, if there's no way to
 recover overlay space.  Perhaps the warning message should be "The overlay
 is almost full; backup your active Journal work to a new USB stick NOW,
 and get a new Sugar-on-a-Stick."

 The wiki should also be updated to warn new stick users about the
 importance of limiting downloads, including updates and activities, on 1Gb
 sticks.

 FWIW, when I erase Journal entries on a new stick, Sugar reports the
 Journal space as being larger (even though the overlay space must be
 smaller if you are correct).  Is journal space not the same as overlay
 space?

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Ticket URL: <https://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1798#comment:4>
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