log.nmbd is a huge, unremovable file

yes.

Hi Randy,

Could you please try the suggestion and let me know if it works?

Thanks,

Eric

Hi BDAqua -- I think that the issue is how to delete a ~100 GB file. There is a technical difficulty when you try:

rm -f hugefile.dat

It locks up the computer. 1 GB files get deleted just fine.

But thanks for the link about the log files. That appears to be the problem and solution.

Hi BDAqua, I tried ALL of the tricks short of buying DiskWarrior or something like that.

I tried single user mode, and then tried to delete the massive file. It locked up the computer again.

Eventually, I just had to reinstall my hard drive. Hah, this time I do not have Windows file sharing enabled -- i just bought my girlfriend a MacBook so that we don't have any more Windows machines. 🙂

Notwithstanding, there is something very very wrong with the deletion of these massive files. What is so bad about it is that I would imagine a number of situations where I would want a file this big -- digital video, HDF5 files, etc.

In short, if you can create it, you should be able to delete it!

Eric

Perhaps you could try to generate a huge file with:

cat /dev/zero > test.dat

when it reaches 100 GB or so stop. Then, try to delete the file! (Oh, have a system backup standing by so that you can reinstall and reclaim that 100 GB of hard drive space)

🙂