>> rm -rf /dev/hda >> >> rm: cannot remove directory `hda': Directory not empty > > what does > > ls -ld /dev/hda > > say? > ls -ld /dev/hda drw-rw-r-- 2 root disk 1024 Sep 17 2005 /dev/hda Can I do a chmod command to change that d to a b ? > (this is hardly a question for debian-isp) Good point. What would be a more appropriate Debian list ? Thank you. mark