You might try first try e2fsrogs-1.18's fsck(8), it chatches (and
deletes/cleans flags) on severely broken filesystems better than before.
Use debugfs(8) or some such. First unmount the partition (or remount
(mount(8)) read-only, at least), run debugfs on it and rm the files. Then
run fsck(8) with -f on it for good luck. Be _extremely_ careful.
[...]
> Here is an 'ls -l' of the /lost+found dir:
>
> total 69392975904
> ?r-S--x-w- 1 11785 12337 1702132066 Dec 19 01:54 #131074
> ?r----x--x 1 11315 12588 824980273 Feb 22 1996 #131078
[etc]
This looks like rather massive screwup of the filesystem. What kernel are
you running, on what CPU? Compiled 2.3.x on i686 with egcs-1.1.2 or
gcc-2.95.2, by any chance?
I'd consider reinstalling (or at least "refreshing") your installation.
My condolences.
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