Have you tried some diag tools from your HD vendor?
Leo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julian Opificius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 12:28 AM
Subject: Re: fs corruption problem
> Thanks Fred, but as I said, rm doesn't work - even with the -f switch and
> escaping the forward slash(es).
> I don't think the C code will work - isn't that just what rm tries to do?
>
> If I do a rm -f "/dev/log" it just ignores me.
> If I do a rm -f -d "/dev/log" it ignores me.
> If I go one level higher, and do the same on the directory holding the
> offending "files":
> rm -f -d setiold it tells me it can't delete setiold as it's a directory.
> Yes I know it's a directory, that's why I said -d but it still ignores me.
>
> I've tried rmdir, but that won't work either - it tells me the directory
> isn't empty. If I use the --ignore-fail-on-non-empty switch it ignores me.
>
> The interesting part is that I've been able to mv the directory with the
> offending files all over the place, I just can't delete it or its
contents.
>
> HELP, please, someone - I can't start my domain's mail server until I get
a
> clean boot!
>
> julian.
> ============================
> At 05:59 AM 6/29/03, you wrote:
> >On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 01:55:37AM -0500, Julian Opificius wrote:
> > > Help, please,
> > >
> > > As a result of an unclean shutdown, I have some rogue files on my 7.2
> > > installation, which are preventing a complete boot up.
> > >
> > > Somehow I have files called "/dev/log" and "/var/loc" in a director in
> > > /var/log.
> > > Yes, the files have the forward slashes in them, and the OS is all
> > > confused, thinking they're directories when they're really not. I
can't
> > > delete them or rename them using rm, or rmdir. I've tried chattr, but
that
> > > won't touch them either.
> >You should be able to do something like:
> > rm -f "/var/log/dev\/log"
> >or even write a short C program similar to this (untested) code:
> >---------------- foo.c --------------
> >#include <stdio.h>
> >#include <unistd.h>
> >main (int argc, char ** argv)
> > {
> > if (argc == 2)
> > {
> > unlink (argv[1]);
> > }
> > return 0;
> > }
> >-----------------------
> >compile it:
> > cc -o foo foo.c
> >run it:
> > ./foo "/var/log/dev\/log"
> > >
> > > During the boot process, the OS sees the unclean state, which causes
fsck
> > > to run. Fsck fails to solve the problem, which causes the boot process
to
> > > fail, dumping me into a diagnostic shell.
> > >
> > > I'm also getting Input/Output errors on a couple of pid files.
> > >
> > > Is there a utility I can use to clean this up?
> > >
> > > Many thanks.
> > >
> > > Julian.
> > >
>
>
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