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Can't delete 9 system folder
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kevs
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May 30, 2005, 05:00 PM
 
Can never seem able to delete this becasue message comes up saying that it's required by the system.
     
piracy
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May 30, 2005, 07:04 PM
 
sudo rm -rf /"System Folder"

Make sure there is NOT a space between / and "System Folder". Inserting a space will result in that command trying to delete everything on your drive instead of just removing the System Folder. If you're not experienced with Terminal and want a safer way to do it, use:

cd /
sudo rm -rf "System Folder"

This also assumes that your OS 9 system folder is named "System Folder" (without the quotes) and is present at the top level of your hard disk.
     
OptimusG4
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May 30, 2005, 07:33 PM
 
Or a less intimidating approach...select all the contents of the folder, trash them. Log out, then in again, and now you can delete the folder (I believe you can force quit the Finder also to do this).
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CatOne
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May 31, 2005, 06:31 PM
 
Originally Posted by piracy
sudo rm -rf /"System Folder"

Make sure there is NOT a space between / and "System Folder". Inserting a space will result in that command trying to delete everything on your drive instead of just removing the System Folder. If you're not experienced with Terminal and want a safer way to do it, use:

cd /
sudo rm -rf "System Folder"

This also assumes that your OS 9 system folder is named "System Folder" (without the quotes) and is present at the top level of your hard disk.
Or... to be safer...

In terminal, type sudo rm -rf

And the drag the OS 9 system folder from the finder onto the terminal window. It will auto complete with the correct path.

I will echo, this will work great, but you must be VERY careful with it. I have ~15 years of UNIX experience, and 4 with OS X. I got a new Mac a couple years ago, spent 2 hours setting it up, and promptly blew away my OS X system folder by mistake, because I tried to escape the space via \ instead of using quotes. I put the slash in the wrong location, and bah-bam. I hit control C after about a second, realizing what I did. I then got this:

[turbo:~$] ls
command not found

eh, crap
     
kevs  (op)
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May 31, 2005, 11:24 PM
 
I used Optmisus way, worked great, NO NEED ANYMORE FOR OS 9! (anyone still using it?)
     
   
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