Hello, Phil, try rmdir "/linux" (use the quotes.)
If it doesn't work try the following in the same folder where that strange /linux exists $mkdir temp $mv * temp $cd temp $rm -rf * $cd .. $rmdir temp If there's others folders you don't want to remove move them out of the temp folder before executing the rm -rf * command. ======= At 2003-03-06, 09:36:00 you wrote: ======= >Linux enigma: >I recently tried to install SuSE linux on a workstation that does not boot >from CDROM. There is a suse utility that writes installation files to a >windows HD but alas suse could not install and put on Debian. HOWEVER! the >suse installation utility created several directories that I cannot >remove. In the windows partition of this machine, I have a linux directory >where suse created a suse directory and a setup directory therein >(windows/linux/suse/setup - when viewed from the now installed debian >partition). Inside of the setup directory is an entity called '/linux' that >I have tried to delete with rm and rmdir and get an error message: > >rm: cannot remove '/linux': No such file or directory >rmdir: '/linux': No such file or directory > >when I try to access this entity with Midnight Commander (my trusted friend >from MSDOS days) I get the following message > >File '/linux' exists but can not be stat-ed: No such file or directory. > >How does one deal with entities like this? > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Best regards. Hugo Portela [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-03-06 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]