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>> >> I removed it using rm. I don't know what you mean. > > > Most likely the files were still open anyway. Did you make sure that > the processes had closed them? (using lsof and/or fuser). > > I've had plenty of big files on ext2/3 and it does delete them. > I think I eliminated all traces of semi-intelligent life on that machine, killing all processes I could. Maybe it's not ext* but some other filesystem. Or maybe you are right and the files were still open. That's hateful on much more levels than a mere filesystem bug: * Why didn't rm say they were open? * And by which process, so I'd know if it's OK to kill it? * Why did unmounting the filesystem succeed, instead of saying the processes still need it? How am I supposed to clean up a RHEL box - reboot it like a good old Windows 3.11 (or kill all useful processes, which is the same), or should I guess which resource is used by which process? Who's the operating system here?There's stuff above here
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