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Distribution: Dreamlinux at Mo, tried ubuntu,kubuntu,xandros,suse 10.1, alinux
Posts: 8
Rep:
Root folder
Hi Guys,
need help have put files in root folder by mistake, now wont boot after password keeps cycling. Have put live disc in & can see files in root folder but not letting me delete them. Is it possible to do this from safe mode without cd?, If so what string do I need to input in command line to enable to do this???
Distribution: Dreamlinux at Mo, tried ubuntu,kubuntu,xandros,suse 10.1, alinux
Posts: 8
Original Poster
Rep:
hi Osor thanks for help so far.................
Well some success only got 1 file in there now & that aint budgeing!!! Starts to delete then stops about 1/2 way through.
System still won't boot with this file in.........any way from the line command of dealing with subborn files.......;-D
Well some success only got 1 file in there now & that aint budgeing!!! Starts to delete then stops about 1/2 way through.
System still won't boot with this file in.........any way from the line command of dealing with subborn files.......;-D
How do you know it stops halfway through? Does the file a normal name? If you want, try overwriting the file with nothing (i.e., in bash “> filename”). Then try removing it (“rm filename”).
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