On Sun, Jan 17, 1999 at 11:39:39PM -0500, Brandon Mitchell spewed forth: > > gusgus:~ # ls -l /usr/man/man2/iopl.2.gz > > prw--ws--- 1 505 38296 0 Jan 2 1970 > > /usr/man/man2/iopl.2.gz > > > > And I can't delete it > > This looks familiar. I'd suggest: > 1) e2fsck -cf /dev/hd?
Haven't run 'fsck -cf', but badblocks does run clean on the partition, as does 'fsck -f'. > 2) try to move the file gusgus:/usr/man/man2 # mv iopl.2.gz /tmp mv: cannot move `iopl.2.gz' to `/tmp/iopl.2.gz': Operation not permitted > 3) make a ramdisk, move the file to the ramdisk, reboot (I get a sneaky > and devilish feeling doing that) gusgus:/usr/man/man2 # df /mnt Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/ram0 3963 13 3746 0% /mnt gusgus:/usr/man/man2 # mv iopl.2.gz /mnt mv: cannot move `iopl.2.gz' across filesystems: Not a regular file > 4) probably the one you will hear the most: debugfs This, however, worked. Thanks! PeeWee -- email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - useless: http://www.scc.mi.org/peewee/ - efnet: Pwe "Bad signs are everywhere coach. I tend to ignore them" The Era of Big Numbers
