Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 06 Jun 1997 13:05:41 -0400 | From | Peter Rival <> | Subject | Re: [offtopic] undeletable file on corrupted ext2 partion |
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Stephen Beynon wrote: > > I have a ext2 partion that corrupted due to a hardware fault (since > rectified :) - but I am left with a file that has been corrupted so > that it looks like a symbolic link. > > rm returns > rm: /bin/red: Operation not permitted > > when I try to rm the file as root - should this be possible ? > > e2fsck 1.10 claimed to have repaired the filesystem, and does not report > any errors when I force it to run now. > > I am guessing that this is more of a problem with e2fsck rather than the > kernel drivers so sorry for the off topic post. > > now where did I leave the filesystem editor :( > > Stephen
I also had the same problems once - my Adaptec 2940U decided to fall on its face some time after I left for the night, so I had all sorts of text files and directories that suddenly became character-special files. I just used debugfs -w and unlink'ed the files. I don't know if that's recommended procedure, but it's only a workstation that _really_ needs to get re-installed anyway.
BTW, this worked for most files, but some of them still insisted that they were there, even when ls said they weren't. But, debugfs still found them. Seems to have cleared itself up with a reboot and another e2fsck. :)
- Pete
-------------------------- Peter Rival UNIX Systems Administrator Daniel Webster College
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