weird... i might suggest you rtfm on system rescue cd about manipulating file systems On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 8:50 AM, Michael Havens wrote: > hmmmm. It is mounted as rw and it doesn't recognize the command sudo. It > comes back with: > >      zsh: correct 'sudo' to '_sudo' [nyae]? > > and if I say 'y' it says: > >      _arguments: comparguments:312: can only be called with completion > function. > > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Stephen wrote: >> >> In your case you might not have the disk mounted as rw but as ro. >> >> Check that then try "sudo su -" to get to root and rerun you em command >> >> On Feb 20, 2012 7:38 AM, "Michael Havens" wrote: >>> >>>      what is going on? I'm trying to remove a directory and the contents >>> thereof: >>> >>> root@sysresccd /sda3 % ls >>> sda1 >>> root@sysresccd /sda3 % rm -rf sda1 >>> rm: cannot remove >>> `sda1/home/bmike1/.local/share/Trash/files/usr/local/openvpn_as/lib/python2.6/distutils': >>> Input/output error >>> rm: cannot remove `sda1/home/bmike1/.config/dconf': Input/output error >>> rm: cannot remove `sda1/home/bmike1/.config/gnome-session': Input/output >>> error >>> rm: cannot remove `sda1/home/bmike1/.config/software-center': >>> Input/output error >>> rm: cannot remove `sda1/home/bmike1/.config/ubuntuone': Input/output >>> error >>> rm: cannot remove `sda1/home/bmike1/.config/eog': Input/output error >>> rm: cannot remove `sda1/home/bmike1/.config/banshee-1': Input/output >>> error >>> rm: cannot remove `sda1/home/bmike1/.config/nautilus': Input/output error >>> rm: cannot remove `sda1/home/bmike1/.config/gedit': Input/output error >>> >>>       Then I noticed that I'm not root.root@sysresccd /sda3 % su >>> >>> su: Authentication failure >>> root@sysresccd /sda3 % sudo rm -rf sda1 >>> zsh: correct 'sudo' to '_sudo' [nyae]? y >>> _arguments:comparguments:312: can only be called from completion function >>> root@sysresccd /sda3 % su root >>> su: Authentication failure >>> root@sysresccd /sda3 % su root >>> su: Authentication failure >>> root@sysresccd /sda3 % man su >>> root@sysresccd /sda3 % >>> >>>      So this is my live cd so I figure that not being root is cool but >>> how do I delete the files? >>> -- >>> :-)~MIKE~(-: >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. Stephen --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss