Re: mknod on /dev/hda when it's already a directory - ??
On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 07:36:44PM -0600, mark david mcCreary wrote:
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> >> rm -rf /dev/hda
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> >> rm: cannot remove directory `hda': Directory not empty
> >
> > what does
> >
> > ls -ld /dev/hda
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> > say?
> >
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> ls -ld /dev/hda
> drw-rw-r-- 2 root disk 1024 Sep 17 2005 /dev/hda
You removed the execute bit, run:
chmod a+x /dev/hda
then retry:
rm -fr /dev/hda
If this doesn't work check extended attributes:
lsattr /dev/hda
As the last resort, boot from a CD and remove and recreate the file this
way.
Marcin
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