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- From: lauer@mpi-sb.mpg.de (Thomas Lauer)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: A really undeleteable file (Yes I tried ev
- Message-ID: <23427@sbsvax.cs.uni-sb.de>
- Date: 17 Dec 92 23:52:58 GMT
- References: <4691@copper.Denver.Colorado.EDU>
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- Organization: Max-Planck Institut fuer Informatik
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- In article 4691@copper.Denver.Colorado.EDU, rvaniwaa@copper.denver.colorado.edu (Ronald J. Vaniwaarden) writes:
- >if I try the gnu rm, it says rm:can't force write permission for c:/lpt1:
- >no such file or directory.
- >
- >suggestions??
- >
- >--Ronald Van Iwaarden
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- I've the same problem several times and here's the solution:
- -Boot Dos
- -delete the file (using del)
- -Boot OS2 from Disk and run checkdsk /F on the partition
-
- -Thomas
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- P.S.: I hope you have the FAT and not HPFS !
- If you have HPFS ...
- ... what about a low level format !
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