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Netgear Readynas deleting file mediaID.bin
I have ReadyNas Firmware 6.10.4 and I've copied a windows backup to my readynas. I no longer need this backup and I've deleted it except for the mediaID.bin file. Readynas refuses to delete the file ...
If you download the log zip file from the log tab, you will find there is a lot more information in it. System.log and kernel.log should show any btrfs errors.
I did a GREP on all log files in the log.zip, nothing.... I would post both files here but there is way too much information in them that I wouldn't like to make public information forever.
I'll enable ssh and try it that way.
NathanWoodruff wrote:
I'll enable ssh and try it that way.
I think that's the best approach. You should get a more explicit error, and of course you can see the underlying linux permissions and ACL.
StephenB wrote:I think that's the best approach. You should get a more explicit error, and of course you can see the underlying linux permissions and ACL.
I'll have time to try it this weekend or when I finish work this evening. I'll let you know if I finally get rid of this file.
If that doesn't work, there must be something just wrong with the file and your only solution may be to move anything else to another share and destroy the share. To be able to use a wild card copy and not copy that file, create a dummy mediaID.bin (making sure you have the upper/lower case right) in the new share and use the -n (no clobber) option of mv.
I am wondering if bit-rot protection is enabled on the share. I have a vague recollection of something similar happening when the a file checksum failed and bit-rot protection couldn't fix it. It was a long time ago, so I might not be recalling this correctly.
StephenB wrote:I am wondering if bit-rot protection is enabled on the share. I have a vague recollection of something similar happening when the a file checksum failed and bit-rot protection couldn't fix it. It was a long time ago, so I might not be recalling this correctly.
NathanWoodruff wrote:
StephenB wrote:
I am wondering if bit-rot protection is enabled on the share. I have a vague recollection of something similar happening when the a file checksum failed and bit-rot protection couldn't fix it. It was a long time ago, so I might not be recalling this correctly.
Thanks, that rules that possibility out.
Let us know what happens when you try to delete it with ssh.
I'm glad you were able to delete it.
It is a little odd that the permissions reset didn't result in write access.
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