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On 7 Nov 2009, at 17:05, Philip Webb wrote:
> ...
> There are files in  /var  /tmp  which I can't remove:
> the msg is "EXT2-fs error: ext2_lookup: deleted inode referenced:  
> 16388".
>
> I got round the problem by creating new dirs, copying everything else
> & renaming the dirs, but that leaves me with  /bad1 , which I can't  
> remove
> as it contains a reference to an inode which no longer exists. ...

Have you tried running fsck on the filesystem?

Stroller.