How to un-install Mac OS 9?

[ollywilson2003]

Im running an original 17" iMac 800mhz with jaguar and im wondering how to uninstall Mac OS 9 as I have no use for it anymore and its using up valuable disc space. When I try to drag the system folder to the trash (even in root user) it says its required by the system.

Cheers,

[andyduncan]

you could always do a

sudo rm -rf /"System Folder"/

Don't ask me if that works, I'm not about to try :-)

edit: added sudo

[Flynnstone]

Search around.
There is another thread with this info ...
here it is

Simple question.. how do you properly remove OS9?

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27000

[shadowfax]

Originally posted by andyduncan
you could always do a

sudo rm -rf /"System Folder"/ this must be done in terminal if you didn't know

Don't ask me if that works, I'm not about to try :-)

edit: added sudo this is how i did it the first time. it does work. you might also want to delete the OS 9 apps folder the same way, and the OS 9 desktop, and so on.

[ollywilson2003]

Ok thanks for your help