Re: Cleaning my /usr/lost+found
On Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 04:53:33PM +0100, E.L. Meijer Eric" wrote:
> > Here's what's in /usr/lost+found/ (I promise to only print this list once.)
> >
> > > cd /usr/lost+found/
> > > ls -l
> > total 176014862730
> > b-w-r-xrw- 1 12597 17448 199, 228 Jun 6 2010 #85683
> > sr-x---r-T 1 38225 52884 18446744073400402084 Jan 4 1966 #85688
> > c----ws--T 1 47531 12439 159, 161 Mar 19 2003 #85731
>
> [...]
>
> > br-srwsr-x 1 13510 51690 138, 231 Aug 30 2001 #87654
> > b--Sr-Srwt 1 43570 54985 21, 26 Feb 19 1979 #87675
> > drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 1024 Dec 2 07:27 #98109
> >
> > Ok. I like a good challenge, but this is ridicules!!
>
> This shows your disk is severly screwed up. It is time to make a
> backup, and see if you can reformat the disk and reinstall. If you get
> errors like this again, I think you will have to regard the disk as
> `deceased'.
No way. File systems errors caused due to a crash or loss of
system power cause things just like this too.
Hamish
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