[lug] cruft from an fsck'ed partition

[Hugh Brown]

You'll notice that from the first email that lsattr doesn't respond.  

It looks like it is time to reformat the partition.

Hugh


"Kevin Fenzi"
> 
> >>>>> "Hugh" == Hugh Brown <hugh at vecna.com> writes:
> 
> Hugh> The point is that it is no longer a directory.  It has morphed
> Hugh> into a block special file.
> 
> Hugh> How do I remove a block special file when I am told "permission
> Hugh> denied" when I am root?
> 
> see if it somehow has the immutable bit set? 
> 
> lsattr lost+found
> 
> and if it does:
> 
> chattr -i lost+found
> 
> then you can remove it. 
> 
> Otherwise you are down to booting single user and trying to play with
> debugfs (I would make sure and have a backup! ;)