Re: Weird ext2fs immortal directory bug

Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Thu, 26 Jul 2001 11:48:54 -0400 (EDT)


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 <your root filesystem>
> > 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

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