removing weired file from ext3 filesystem

Adam McGreggor lists at amyl.org.uk
Mon Feb 25 18:23:16 UTC 2008


On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 04:17:12PM +0100, Sven Richter wrote:
> On Monday 25 February 2008 14:19:19 Karl Larsen wrote:
> > Sven Richter wrote:
> 
> > > Any ideas what else i could do despite reformatting the partition?
> > >
> > >
> > > Greetings
> > > Sven
> >
> >     You know the partition you want to clear the files from. In a
> > terminal window use:
> >
> > sudo mkfs.ext3 /dev/(partition) and put the proper thing here and your
> > files will be gone. All of the stuff on that partition in fact.
> >
> 
> Like i said, i dont want to erase the partition, that really is the *last* 
> option.

Anything odd via lsattr(1) ?




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