Index: /soft/giet_vm/giet_fat32/fat32.c
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--- /soft/giet_vm/giet_fat32/fat32.c	(revision 636)
+++ /soft/giet_vm/giet_fat32/fat32.c	(revision 637)
@@ -2328,4 +2328,7 @@
 static unsigned int _remove_node_from_fs( fat_inode_t* inode )
 {
+    // check for root node
+    if ( !inode->parent ) return 1;
+
     // remove entry in parent directory
     if ( _remove_dir_entry( inode ) ) return 1;