I had a bunch of these bad files when I tried to install the picons package. The installation just froze up and when I tried to remove the package, a number of files were left over. In a color-ls they showed up as yellow with the initial attribute as "c" and some "S" bits set as well. Directories had the initial "b" attribute rather than "d". The ownership was set to odd numbers as has been reported on this thread.
The debugfs command worked, with the folloing results: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ vacuum:/lost+found# ls #118846 vacuum:/lost+found# debugfs -w -R "rm /lost+found/#118846" /dev/hda2 Kill file by inode 118846 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #744567416 for block bitmap for /dev/hda2 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #926382128 for block bitmap for /dev/hda2 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #813183020 for block bitmap for /dev/hda2 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #537537587 for block bitmap for /dev/hda2 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #811825200 for block bitmap for /dev/hda2 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #863514668 for block bitmap for /dev/hda2 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #2016423014 for block bitmap for /dev/hda2 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #808214881 for block bitmap for /dev/hda2 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #741685624 for block bitmap for /dev/hda2 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #1684437040 for block bitmap for /dev/hda2 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #813183020 for block bitmap for /dev/hda2 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #2016422961 for block bitmap for /dev/hda2 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #808202339 for block bitmap for /dev/hda2 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #744842616 for block bitmap for /dev/hda2 Illegal block number passed to ext2fs_unmark_block_bitmap #812021808 for block bitmap for /dev/hda2 744567416 926382128 813183020 537537587 811825200 863514668 2016423014 808214881 741685624 1684437040 813183020 2016422961 808202339 744842616 812021808 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- At this point, the file was gone but the errors I recieved have made me somewhat uneasy. I think I will check the file system again thoroughly! Just wanted to chime in with my experience with debugfs. Cheers, Carlo *********************************************************************** * Carlo U. Segre * * Department of Biological, Chemical and Physical Sciences * * Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL 60616 * * Voice: (312) 567-3498 FAX: (312) 567-3494 * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * *********************************************************************** -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .