file removal problem

[R Kimber]

On Fri, 04 Aug 2006 12:36:58 +0200
Alexander Skwar <listen at alexander.skwar.name> wrote:

> R Kimber <rkimber at ntlworld.com>:
> 
> > After today's update, my machine crashed on reboot and a few
> > graphics files are screwed up.  How do I remove them?  I've tried
> > from root but I get 'Operation not permitted'. The files are:-
> > 
> > cr-x-wS--- 44040 2262871048 2899800918 37, 234 2061-06-17 08:11
> > areas2.png
> 
> Hm. Maybe the immutable flag is set - if it is, deletion is not 
> permitted. To unset it, use chattr. To see, if it is set, use lsattr.
> See the appropriate man pages for more details.

Thanks.  When I try chattr I get a message complaining about an attempt
to read beyond the end of the disk. Logcheck reports:-
Aug  4 11:03:06 infinity kernel: [ 3299.595560] attempt to access
beyond end of device
Aug  4 11:03:06 infinity kernel: [ 3299.595573]
hdc1: rw=0, want=23202205960, limit=40965687

Smartmontools does not report any problem with the disk and e2fsck says
the partition is clean.

- Richard
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Richard Kimber
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