From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 6 17:54:06 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1393216A4CE for ; Sat, 6 Mar 2004 17:54:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (oahu.wurldlink.net [66.193.144.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2F4443D1F for ; Sat, 6 Mar 2004 17:54:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vince@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET) Received: from oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (vince@localhost.WURLDLINK.NET [127.0.0.1]) by oahu.WURLDLINK.NET (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i271rEqQ072059; Sat, 6 Mar 2004 15:53:27 -1000 (HST) Received: from localhost (vince@localhost)i271rDwg072056; Sat, 6 Mar 2004 15:53:13 -1000 (HST) Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2004 15:53:13 -1000 (HST) From: Vincent Poy To: Kris Kennaway In-Reply-To: <20040307013302.GA94784@xor.obsecurity.org> Message-ID: <20040306155233.U8264-100000@oahu.WURLDLINK.NET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: deleting lost+found directory X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2004 01:54:06 -0000 On Sat, 6 Mar 2004, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sat, Mar 06, 2004 at 02:00:12PM -1000, Vincent Poy wrote: > > > > They're just directories, remove them in the usual way. > > > > Tried that, didn't work... > > > root@bigbang [4:00pm][/mnt/usr/lost+found] >> rm -rf * > > rm: #5558272: Directory not empty > > rm: #7018496: Directory not empty > > rm: #7206914: Directory not empty > > rm: #7254025: Directory not empty > > rm: #7254167: Directory not empty > > Unmount the filesystem and run fsck again (e.g. with the -f flag). > You seem to have additional filesystem corruption here. I did fsck with the -fy flag just now and this is what it says: UNREF DIR I=471104 OWNER=root MODE=40755 SIZE=512 MTIME=Mar 1 04:00 2004 RECONNECT? yes SORRY. NO SPACE IN lost+found DIRECTORY UNEXPECTED SOFT UPDATE INCONSISTENCY Cheers, Vince - vince@WURLDLINK.NET - Vice President ________ __ ____ Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] WurldLink Corporation / / / / | / | __] ] San Francisco - Honolulu - Hong Kong / / / / / |/ / | __] ] HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] Almighty1@IRC - oahu.DAL.NET Hawaii's DALnet IRC Network Server Admin