diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 36d25f66..b090eaea 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -913,3 +913,4 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
   whether the process succeeded or failed.
 - Fixed setting the LastActivity timestamp after a shutdown prompt (thanks to
   Sergei Haller).
+- A message is now prompted if free disk space becomes low during recording.
diff --git a/i18n.c b/i18n.c
index 746368a4..b0236ec7 100644
--- a/i18n.c
+++ b/i18n.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: i18n.c 1.47 2002/01/26 13:05:54 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: i18n.c 1.48 2002/01/26 15:21:40 kls Exp $
  *
  * Slovenian translations provided by Miha Setina <mihasetina@softhome.net>
  * Italian   translations provided by Alberto Carraro <bertocar@tin.it>
@@ -721,6 +721,15 @@ const tPhrase Phrases[] = {
     "", // TODO
     "", // TODO
   },
+  { "Low disk space!",
+    "Platte beinahe voll!",
+    "", // TODO
+    "", // TODO
+    "", // TODO
+    "", // TODO
+    "", // TODO
+    "", // TODO
+  },
   // Setup parameters:
   { "OSD-Language",
     "OSD-Sprache",
diff --git a/recording.c b/recording.c
index 6426f330..24ac4fb4 100644
--- a/recording.c
+++ b/recording.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: recording.c 1.45 2002/01/26 11:57:56 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: recording.c 1.46 2002/01/26 15:21:40 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #include "recording.h"
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include "i18n.h"
 #include "interface.h"
 #include "tools.h"
 #include "videodir.h"
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@
 
 #define DELETEDLIFETIME     1 // hours after which a deleted recording will be actually removed
 #define REMOVECHECKDELTA 3600 // seconds between checks for removing deleted files
-#define DISKCHECKDELTA    300 // seconds between checks for free disk space
+#define DISKCHECKDELTA    100 // seconds between checks for free disk space
 #define REMOVELATENCY      10 // seconds to wait until next check after removing a file
 
 void RemoveDeletedRecordings(void)
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ void AssertFreeDiskSpace(int Priority)
               return;
            }
         // Unable to free disk space, but there's nothing we can do about that...
-        esyslog(LOG_ERR, "low disk space, but no recordings to delete");
+        Interface->Confirm(tr("Low disk space"), 30);
         }
      LastFreeDiskCheck = time(NULL);
      }