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    Quote Originally Posted by Gary4gar View Post
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    can you provide the directory listing, so verify the file really exists!
    Go to terminal, navigate to that dir and give command

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    ls -la
    with this we can clearly see what exactly the problem is.

    which can be a
    *permission issue
    *use of non standard charaters in filename
    *file in use
    All those files are shown in Blue/purple

    I guess only Admin has Write previlege

    drwxr-xr-x

    what now?

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    did u try this...navigate to ur desktop through ur terminal and enter

    sudo rm -rf *

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    Quote Originally Posted by mahehellraiser View Post
    did u try this...navigate to ur desktop through ur terminal and enter

    sudo rm -rf *
    ll try one more time and report back ... have booted out of Linux

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    Quote Originally Posted by mahehellraiser View Post
    did u try this...navigate to ur desktop through ur terminal and enter

    sudo rm -rf *
    Warning! DOn't try this command!

    THis will erase all files and folder in your system

    Quote Originally Posted by ShAdOwCoN View Post
    All those files are shown in Blue/purple

    I guess only Admin has Write previlege

    drwxr-xr-x

    what now?
    Buddy,
    give that command and copy-past output here~!
    Last edited by Gary4gar; 01-20-09 at 11:50 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gary4gar View Post
    Warning! DOn't try this command!

    THis will erase all files and folder in your system

    unmount ur file systems...then navigate to ur desktop and then type the rm command..ya anything on the desktop will vanish!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mahehellraiser View Post
    unmount ur file systems...then navigate to ur desktop and then type the rm command..ya anything on the desktop will vanish!!
    boss, have you every tried this command?
    see a vedio demo of this command in action
    YouTube - Running "sudo rm -rf /"


    it works like a self destruct code

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gary4gar View Post
    boss, have you every tried this command?
    see a vedio demo of this command in action
    YouTube - Running "sudo rm -rf /"


    it works like a self destruct code
    Isnt that command used to delete the filesystem or something like that. Pardon my ignorance. Still a beginner with Linux.

    Didnt watch the video, have saved the URL and will watch it during the free time...

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    Quote Originally Posted by cool_techie_tvm View Post
    Isnt that command used to delete the filesystem or something like that. Pardon my ignorance. Still a beginner with Linux.

    Didnt watch the video, have saved the URL and will watch it during the free time...
    It deletes *everything* including mounted partitions on the system, its equivalent to formatting the disk

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gary4gar View Post
    boss, have you every tried this command?
    see a vedio demo of this command in action
    YouTube - Running "sudo rm -rf /"


    it works like a self destruct code
    yea tht's what i meant....it'l erase everything...

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    solved that prob ...if u cannot delete a file

    right click on it go to permissions and change it to rwe or some equivalent......thats all

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    Quote Originally Posted by mahehellraiser View Post
    did u try this...navigate to ur desktop through ur terminal and enter

    sudo rm -rf *
    This is very, VERY wrong. On any of the linux community forums, you'd get perma-banned for this. Mods please take note of this?

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    i think i shud edit that post which shud have been..first UNMOUNT ur partitions and then navigate to your desktop through ur terminal and then try that command..

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    I had installed ubuntu 8.10 on my desktop pc (having windows) but now i cant boot into windows (there is no option in grub). I have tried to manipulate the grub menu but still cant boot . Any help ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by mahehellraiser View Post
    i think i shud edit that post which shud have been..first UNMOUNT ur partitions and then navigate to your desktop through ur terminal and then try that command..
    Never ever try that command! There's a safer option, just look around.

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