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Old 02-28-2005, 05:34 AM   #1
rohr
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corrupted pen does not work


Please, my usb pen seems to be corrupted, i cannot get out of this:
here i list the contents of the directory /pen/linux/dell on my pendrive, that's totally fool!
Code:
my_name@my_pc:/pen/linux/dell$ ll
total 41438932
-r-xr-xr-x    1 my_name my_name 1146964297 Dec  6  1967 ??o?y???.???
-r-xr-xr-x    1 my_name my_name 2434812848 Jan  3  1927 ???q???(.?w;
dr-xr-xr-x  204 my_name my_name    12288 Oct 15  2019 ?;t#????.?sy
-rwxr-xr-x    1 my_name my_name 470335746 Dec  4  1951 ??*r?p?#.{??
drwxr-xr-x   27 my_name my_name     2048 Jan 11  2035 ?9l??h?t.?t?
dr-xr-xr-x  24797 my_name my_name  5783552 Jan 31  2002 ???-???9.u?2
-rwxr-xr-x    1 my_name my_name 687458411 Dec 12  1967 ???~9?a?.??6
dr-xr-xr-x  35514 my_name my_name  6473728 Mar 16  1924 ????wb?q.?xy
-rwxr-xr-x    1 my_name my_name 3793302390 Sep 10  1996 ???????y.??n
drwxr-xr-x   38 my_name my_name     2048 Sep 21  1965 "'8?f??a.?\?
dr-xr-xr-x   34 my_name my_name     2048 May  8  2001 4??vf???.???
-rwxr-xr-x    1 my_name my_name 3004244161 Apr 25  1936 4????#$'.???
dr-xr-xr-x  2157 my_name my_name   143360 Jan  3  2021 8o??f???.8h?
-rwxr-xr-x    1 my_name my_name 3387256718 May 24  2003 :a?<??=a.?x?
drwxr-xr-x  1743 my_name my_name   266240 Mar 22  1950 ???{????.j*h
-r-xr-xr-x    1 my_name my_name 2348500510 Nov 26  1926 ??????~%.?<?
-rwxr-xr-x    1 my_name my_name 2393253259 Dec 22  1904 ??,?????.?)?
drwxr-xr-x  44033 my_name my_name  7061504 Oct 16  1908 ??hw??.?p?
drwxr-xr-x  32664 my_name my_name  2084864 Sep 29  2029 ?\??x???.?d?
-rwxr-xr-x    1 my_name my_name 968085304 May 11  1914 ?aupc>h<.?t?
-rwxr-xr-x    1 my_name my_name 4151462006 Mar 18  1989 ?c?n????.$?(
-rwxr-xr-x    1 my_name my_name 96573361 Dec 23  1930 ?j^?>2??.z??
dr-xr-xr-x  4722 my_name my_name   262144 Jan 31  1967 ???.???v
drwxr-xr-x  11911 my_name my_name  4960256 Jul  7  1938 ?????wf?.???
-rwxr-xr-x    1 my_name my_name 3589178587 Apr 10  1996 \???2???.c??
-r-xr-xr-x    1 my_name my_name 3381132263 Sep 15  1989 c?:?????.???
-r-xr-xr-x    1 my_name my_name 3472466699 Jan 19  1995 er?$?(??.?m?
-rwxr-xr-x    1 my_name my_name 3337723391 Dec  1  1913 g?mg?8?=.??m
dr-xr-xr-x  35945 my_name my_name  2263040 Jan  5  2018 v5??s???.z??
drwxr-xr-x  13776 my_name my_name  5113856 Mar 23  1984 ???be?~?.??&
drwxr-xr-x   31 my_name my_name     2048 Nov 29  1958 ?*?n?+8?.???
-r-xr-xr-x    1 my_name my_name 1873273125 Dec 18  1947 ?????lwj.??v
drwxr-xr-x  60560 my_name my_name 12015616 Jan 28  2025 ?????t??.?z?
-r-xr-xr-x    1 my_name my_name 1846652811 Jun 26  1923 ????????.?t?
dr-xr-xr-x  1950 my_name my_name  4323328 Jul  7  1908 ???g??[?.?n?
and if i try to remove the entire directory via the command:
Code:
rm -rf /pen/linux/dell
i get hundreds of line like these:
Code:
rm: cannot unlink `/pen/linux/dell/?\274\034.\344\035\242v/??d\265c\347??.???/\033;i??h4\261..\346\006/)[\341?)??>.\351\347+/\241?\344\a\240x?7.?\027?/j\361\367\003o???.0\340]/!\354\253\366@i`\353.\274l?/p\364\021?\277l_?.??g/\240\337pue\277x\003.;6\035/??\356?\024??\036.?\361?/\265l??\337\344n\347.{&\020/?\177\351ov??>.\026e?/\241\t\347a?\020?g.?z?/?q?2(\371\275\003.\345?\032/j7??\036\245??.\ng\242/#\341?p?:d?.\352\347\b/]6*\242-\362\373?.w:#/?????? \346.l.?/q\371\262??x\1777.???/\260\253ht??\277\004.k\240?/m??\350\177\350df.??6/?8\350\273\026?\f\253.t?\373/l\245?e?9?o.\240vj/\272?? \0378ic.?\036?/\020?\253\034\242?\347\b.?!z/8?j\361\341??\033.v??/o\275\361?\355$\366\267.?k?/h 162 >>.\nst/?\371\036\351\242??v.e?\241/\tf\337y{?u?.m\025?/dv\377~\277\n\341?.\035m</mr????q?.??$/\254pg\'\273\037jc.0f/!*?\b"\341\242r.3\016?/\261?#~5\350?\'.3??/?\340\344\357?\353\016\020.?l?/\366#?\261\347\337??.?r?/\344k\036??\364u6.y?\355/?7?\253???c.o5?/?x?8k???.b\241\345/j?\241??\036?x.5u?/8893212a.285/?]\au\347m?\031.^?6/\022\3521e&%?\352.\254?\357/q\346c??\030e\254.?0l/f?e+\347\t\355\a.\'a\340/:?\346\374?t{\\.\253?u/\033er?t#?+.\377?\355/g*\364?~y??.\3575\372': Read-only file system
rm: WARNING: Circular directory structure.
This almost certainly means that you have a corrupted file system.
NOTIFY YOUR SYSTEM MANAGER.
The following two directories have the same inode number:

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g¢/#á?p?:d?.ê/]6*¢-òû?.w:#/?????? æ.l.?/qù²??x7.???/°«ht??¿.k_?/m??èèdf.??6/?8è»?
                                                                                 «.t?û/l¥?e?9?o._vj/º?? 8ic.??/?«¢?.?!z/8?jñá??v??/o½ñ?í$ö·.?k?/h 162 >>.
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`/pen/linux/dell/?\274\034.\344\035\242v/??d\265c\347??.???/\033;i??h4\261..\346\006/)[\341?)??>.\351\347+/\241?\344\a\240x?7.?\027?/j\361\367\003o???.0\340]/!\354\253\366@i`\353.\274l?/p\364\021?\277l_?.??g/\240\337pue\277x\003.;6\035/??\356?\024??\036.?\361?/\265l??\337\344n\347.{&\020/?\177\351ov??>.\026e?/\241\t\347a?\020?g.?z?/?q?2(\371\275\003.\345?\032/j7??\036\245??.\ng\242/#\341?p?:d?.\352\347\b/]6*\242-\362\373?.w:#/?????? \346.l.?/q\371\262??x\1777.???/\260\253ht??\277\004.k\240?/m??\350\177\350df.??6/?8\350\273\026?\f\253.t?\373/l\245?e?9?o.\240vj/\272?? \0378ic.?\036?/\020?\253\034\242?\347\b.?!z/8?j\361\341??\033.v??/o\275\361?\355$\366\267.?k?/h 162 >>.\nst/?\371\036\351\242??v.e?\241/\tf\337y{?u?.m\025?/dv\377~\277\n\341?.\035m</mr????q?.??$/\254pg\'\273\037jc.0f/!*?\b"\341\242r.3\016?/\261?#~5\350?\'.3??/?\340\344\357?\353\016\020.?l?/\366#?\261\347\337??.?r?/\344k\036??\364u6.y?\355/?7?\253???c.o5?/?x?8k???.b\241\345/j?\241??\036?x.5u?/8893212a.285/?]\au\347m?\031.^?6/\022\3521e&%?\352.\254?\357/q\346c??\030e\254.?0l/f?e+\347\t\355\a.\'a\340/:?\346\374?t{\\.\253?u/\033er?t#?+.\377?\355/v\345\347o??s?.\241ui/8 00000.n\r\n/?\371\036\351\242??v.e?\241'
my system is woody - 3.4.21.

here my /etc/fstab:
Code:
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
/dev/hda3	/	ext3	defaults,errors=remount-ro	0	1
/dev/hda4	/home	ext3	defaults	0	2
/dev/hda2	none	swap	sw	0	0
proc	/proc	proc	defaults	0	0
/dev/fd0	/floppy	auto	defaults,user,noauto	0	0
/dev/cdrom	/cdrom	iso9660	defaults,ro,user,noauto	0	0
/dev/sda1	/pen	vfat noauto,user,async,rw	0	0
any hints to solve this problem?
Than you in advance!
 
Old 02-28-2005, 06:16 AM   #2
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try formatting the drive rather than just deleting what's it.
I guess a format with FAT will be okay for a pen drive.

if not then i guess it is FUBAR
 
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