FWIW, on a system with 2 GB RAM, Bonnie is writing a 4-GB file. So on Gabriel's system that has 8 GB, bonnie++ could easily be trying to write 16 GB of data, which on 20 GB root may, indeed, be filling it up.
FWIW, on a system with 2 GB RAM, Bonnie is writing a 4-GB file. So on Gabriel's system that has 8 GB, bonnie++ could easily be trying to write 16 GB of data, which on 20 GB root may, indeed, be filling it up.