Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 11:49:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 11:49:37 -0400 Received: from chaos.analogic.com ([204.178.40.224]:47744 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 26 Jul 2001 11:49:20 -0400 Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 11:48:54 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard B. Johnson" Reply-To: root@chaos.analogic.com To: sentry21@cdslash.net cc: Dan Podeanu , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Weird ext2fs immortal directory bug In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 sentry21@cdslash.net wrote: > > > sentry21@Petra:1:/$ sudo rm -rf lost+found/ > > > rm: cannot unlink `lost+found/#3147': Operation not permitted > > > rm: cannot remove directory `lost+found': Directory not empty > > > > Perhaps: > > > > debugfs -w > > unlink /lost+found/#3147 > > root@Petra:0:~# debugfs -w / > debugfs 1.22, 22-Jun-2001 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 > /: Is a directory while opening filesystem > debugfs: ^D > > root@Petra:0:~# debugfs -w /dev/hda5 > debugfs 1.22, 22-Jun-2001 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09 > debugfs: unlink /lost+found/#3147 > debugfs: ^D ^^^^^^^^ > How about 'Q' so debugfs gets to write the modifications to the drive? Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.1 on an i686 machine (799.53 BogoMips). I was going to compile a list of innovations that could be attributed to Microsoft. Once I realized that Ctrl-Alt-Del was handled in the BIOS, I found that there aren't any. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/