Re: Weird ext2fs immortal directory bug

From: Richard B. Johnson (root@chaos.analogic.com)
Date: Thu Jul 26 2001 - 11:05:04 EST


On Thu, 26 Jul 2001 sentry21@cdslash.net wrote:

> > > root@Petra:0:~# debugfs -w /
> > > debugfs 1.22, 22-Jun-2001 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
> > > /: Is a directory while opening filesystem
> > > debugfs: ^D
> > >
> > > root@Petra:0:~# debugfs -w /dev/hda5
> > > debugfs 1.22, 22-Jun-2001 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
> > > debugfs: unlink /lost+found/#3147
> > > debugfs: ^D
> > ^^^^^^^^
> > How about 'Q' so debugfs gets to write the modifications to the
> > drive?
>
> root@Petra:0:/lost+found# debugfs -w /dev/hda5
> debugfs 1.22, 22-Jun-2001 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
> debugfs: unlink /lost+found/#3147
> unlink_file_by_name: No free space in the directory
>
>
> This is getting weirder and weirder.
>
Okay, the file is a link, linked to /lost+found. So, using debugfs,
just remove the directory:
# debugfs -w /dev/hda5
debugfs: rmdir /lost+found

My debugfs is too old, so the above command replies with "Unimplemented".

Cheers,
Dick Johnson

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