On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 08:36, Phil wrote: > Linux enigma: > I recently tried to install SuSE linux on a workstation that does not boot > from CDROM. There is a suse utility that writes installation files to a > windows HD but alas suse could not install and put on Debian. HOWEVER! the > suse installation utility created several directories that I cannot > remove. In the windows partition of this machine, I have a linux directory > where suse created a suse directory and a setup directory therein > (windows/linux/suse/setup - when viewed from the now installed debian > partition). Inside of the setup directory is an entity called '/linux' that > I have tried to delete with rm and rmdir and get an error message: > > rm: cannot remove '/linux': No such file or directory > rmdir: '/linux': No such file or directory > > when I try to access this entity with Midnight Commander (my trusted friend > from MSDOS days) I get the following message > > File '/linux' exists but can not be stat-ed: No such file or directory. > > How does one deal with entities like this?
Can you umount/mount the partition to see if /linux goes away? Also, aren't there utilities you can run on the MS side to fix this kind of thing? -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://members.cox.net/ron.l.johnson | | | | The difference between Rock&Roll and Country Music? | | Old Rockers still on tour are pathetic, but old Country | | signers are still great. | +-----------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
