Hi! On my notebook I got a strage ext3-related problem: root@jura98 /usr/portage/app-misc/obexftp # ls -l total 4 dr-Sr-sr-t 2 8242 15720 4096 Dec 28 1993 metadata.xml [how this got created is beyond my knowledge, possibly because of some random memory corruption a bad kernel patch caused a few weeks ago] root@jura98 /usr/portage/app-misc/obexftp # rm metadata.xml/ rm: cannot remove etadata.xml/': Is a directory root@jura98 /usr/portage/app-misc/obexftp # rm metadata.xml rm: cannot remove etadata.xml': Operation not permitted root@jura98 /usr/portage/app-misc/obexftp # rm -r metadata.xml/ rm: cannot remove directory etadata.xml/': Operation not permitted Running e2fsck 1.35 (28-Feb-2004) Using EXT2FS Library version 1.35, 28-Feb-2004 doesn't help: root@jura98 /usr # e2fsck -f /dev/hda5 e2fsck 1.35 (28-Feb-2004) Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Pass 2: Checking directory structure Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity Pass 4: Checking reference counts Pass 5: Checking group summary information /dev/hda5: 97724/1221600 files (0.9% non-contiguous), 977409/2441872 blocks Does anybody have any idea on what could be done? Thanks, Dominik _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users