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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.questions:2646 comp.os.386bsd.misc:394 Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!headwall.Stanford.EDU!nntp.Stanford.EDU!mattc From: mattc@leland.Stanford.EDU (Matthew William Clarke) Subject: wierd spool dir Message-ID: <1993May25.024705.12523@leland.Stanford.EDU> Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News) Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA Date: Tue, 25 May 93 02:47:05 GMT Lines: 21 Hardware: 386-40 AMD w/AMI bios, forex chipset, 120MB IDE Quantum Harddrive Software: Dos5.1,386bsd w/ dist.fs kernel and bin01 distribution installed, pboot.exe Problem: After installing the bin distribution, I figured out that I needed to disklabel my hard drive, so I did so, partitioning it with the swap space at the end of the physical disk. I had previously had some problems when it booted, and this cleared them up. The one problem it created is that it gave me a VERY wierd /var/spool directory. Whenever I use commands such as cd, rm -f, ls, or anything, I get the error "invalid argument". The directory permissions look like this "?---------", and I cannot chmod them. The directory is listed as having 0 links and 0 bytes. The date is Dec 31, 1969. (go figure). The inode is 15872. I cannot rm the directory or change it in any way, and since several programs try to use this dir, it is kind of a problem. Please e-mail me at mattc@leland.stanford.edu with any suggestions. -Matt Clarke