Index: runs.scm
==================================================================
--- runs.scm
+++ runs.scm
@@ -1275,11 +1275,15 @@
 	       (take dparts (- (length dparts) count))
 	       "/"))))
 
 (define (runs:recursive-delete-with-error-msg real-dir)
   (if (> (system (conc "rm -rf " real-dir)) 0)
-      (debug:print 0 "ERROR: There was a problem removing " real-dir " with rm -f")))
+      (begin
+	;; FAILED, possibly due to permissions, do chmod a+rwx then try one more time
+	(system (conc "chmod -R a+rwx " real-dir))
+	(if (> (system (conc "rm -rf " real-dir)) 0)
+	    (debug:print 0 "ERROR: There was a problem removing " real-dir " with rm -f")))))
 
 (define (runs:safe-delete-test-dir real-dir)
   ;; first delete all sub-directories
   (directory-fold 
    (lambda (f x)

Index: tests/Makefile
==================================================================
--- tests/Makefile
+++ tests/Makefile
@@ -20,19 +20,19 @@
 TARGET     = "ubuntu/nfs/none"
 
 all : test1 test2 test3 test4 test5 test6 test7 test8 test9
 
 server :
-	cd ..;make;make install
+	cd ..;make -j;make install
 	cd fullrun;$(MEGATEST) -server - -debug 22
 
 stopserver :
-	cd ..;make && make install
+	cd ..;make -j && make install
 	cd fullrun;$(MEGATEST) -stop-server 0
 
 repl :
-	cd ..;make && make install
+	cd ..;make -j && make install
 	cd fullrun;$(MEGATEST) -repl
 
 test0 : cleanprep
 	cd simplerun ; $(MEGATEST) -server - -debug $(DEBUG)
 
@@ -147,20 +147,20 @@
 
 test11 :
 	 cd fullrun;time (for a in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ;do   (megatest -test-paths -target %/%/% > /dev/null ) & done; wait; )
 
 minsetup : 
-	cd ..;make && make install
+	cd ..;make -j && make install
 	mkdir -p mintest/runs mintest/links
 	cd mintest;megatest -stop-server 0
 	cd mintest;megatest -server - -debug $(DEBUG) > server.log 2> server.log & 
 	sleep 3
 	cd mintest;dashboard -rows 18 &
 
 cleanprep : ../*.scm Makefile */*.config
 	mkdir -p fullrun/tmp/mt_runs fullrun/tmp/mt_links
-	cd ..;make;make install
+	cd ..;make -j;make install
 	rm -f */logging.db
 	touch cleanprep
 
 fullprep : cleanprep
 	cd fullrun;$(MEGATEST) -remove-runs :runname $(RUNNAME)% -target %/%/% -testpatt %/%