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2011-03-01 , 20:44
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Hi guys,
I was copying a file from /home/user/kroll to /home/user/My Docs/Games/Maemo/kroll via WinSCP. I cancelled the "duplicate" command in WinSCP, as it was a large file (approx. 200 Mb) and I was worried that my battery would die before the transfer was completed.

I now have a small file in /home/user/My Docs/Games/Maemo/kroll that I am trying to delete, to no avail. I have tried the following:

1. Delete the file from file manager - error "Unable to continue - read only folder"
2. Delete the file from xterm as root (rm -f core.pakd000) - error "unable to remove 'core.pakd000': Read-only file system
3. Delete the directory from xterm as root (rmdir kroll) - error "Read-only file system"
4. Delete the directory from xterm as root (rm -rf kroll) - error "Read-only file system"

I have been reading about Read-only file systems, but I haven't been able to find a problem that is similar enough to mine as an example to use for a solution.

If anyone can shed some light, it would be most appreciated.
 
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2011-03-01 , 20:46
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You have to chmod it.
 
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2011-03-01 , 20:48
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Originally Posted by pkubaj View Post
You have to chmod it.
Oops, forgot to mention that I tried chown user:users and chmod 777 on both the file and folder, get the same error, "Read-only file system".
 
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2011-03-01 , 21:03
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Most of the time a partition will get mounted if a file system is in a bad state or corrupted. You need rootsh to be installed for this to work from X-Terminal.
Code:
sudo gainroot
umount /dev/mmcblk0p1
fsck -af /dev/mmcblk0p1
mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /home/user/MyDocs
 

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2011-03-01 , 21:19
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like michaaa62 said, your partition is corrupt. Either clean it like has given or reboot or connect in mass storage and do a safer removal.
 

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2011-03-01 , 21:22
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Originally Posted by michaaa62 View Post
Most of the time a partition will get mounted if a file system is in a bad state or corrupted. You need rootsh to be installed for this to work from X-Terminal.
Code:
sudo gainroot
umount /dev/mmcblk0p1
fsck -af /dev/mmcblk0p1
mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /home/user/MyDocs
Thanks for the response guys. Is there any warnings/words of advice (other than backup) that you would give me before I do the above. Am I at risk of losing data or further corrupting my file system by carrying out the above?
 
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2011-03-01 , 21:41
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This is safe! No further damage to consider, as you in the first step become root, second step unmount the partition, third step force-check the partition with automatically (default) corrections if needed and fourth step mount it back to the usual place.
 

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2011-03-01 , 21:44
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Unmount and mounting is fine. fsck -af automatically repairs the filesystem so very small risk things go pear shaped. Google the fsck command to check yourself so you are happy to proceed. It should be okay.

I had a corruption and fsck didn't help on my N900, I had to recover the raw data, which worked, and then re-format.

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2011-03-01 , 21:59
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Thanks guys, worked a treat, very much appreciated.
 
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2011-03-10 , 18:47
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Originally Posted by michaaa62 View Post
Most of the time a partition will get mounted if a file system is in a bad state or corrupted. You need rootsh to be installed for this to work from X-Terminal.
Code:
sudo gainroot
umount /dev/mmcblk0p1
fsck -af /dev/mmcblk0p1
mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /home/user/MyDocs
Please I need help. I tried unmounting MyDocs to run fsck but I get error "Device or rescource busy"

I also tries umount -f but I get error "You can't unmount forcibly"

On connecting via USB, only mem card is connected as "device is busy"

What do I do? Please help me.
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