How to delete non-deletable files?

smilingj

Hi,

when I connect via smb-share to my asiair there are some light frames from last year. I can not delete them via explorer and hitting "clear" within the asiair app does not delete them. Also in the image management within the app the images do not show up. (See attached screenshots.)

How can I delete these images and free the space?

Greetings
Johannes

wvreeven

smilingj My guess is that the images are on the USB disk and not on the SD card. In the Storage Settings in the ASIAir app, click the radio button under the USB device and then click the Clear button and see if that helps.

smilingj

wvreeven No, sadly that is not the case. My problem remains even if no USB stick is plugged in. I assume that there was an update sometime that moved the directory where the data will be stored and I applied it with a non-clean state.

I would try to ssh into the ASIAIR and delete the files myself but I can't find the required login credentials. (It's an ASIAIR Pro)

w7ay

smilingj No, sadly that is not the case. My problem remains even if no USB stick is plugged in.

Mount the microSD card on your computer, and see the files are in the BOOT volume. Unlike the Linux partitions, the BOOT volume should be visible on macos and Windows.

Look inside the BOOT volume, and there could be an Image folder. If so, FITS and other files could be found there, or inside the sub-folders that are inside the Image folder (Autorun Live, log, ... etc) in the Image folder. (The location of the image files have moved at least twice since ASIAIR v1.2.)

If so, dismount the microSD card, and make a backup (on macos, use Apple Pi Baker -- and be sure to save as IMG, and not as compressed archive), just in case any file deletion causes problems. Restore the backup to a second microSD card, and make sure the copy boots up ASIAIR before attempting any file deletions.

Mount one of the microSD cards on your computer, and delete any files inside the Image folder, and empty the Trash can.

This works on macos. YMMV if you are using some other OS.

Chen

smilingj

w7ay Mount one of the microSD cards on your computer, and delete any files inside the Image folder, and empty the Trash can.

That worked like a charm. Thank you.