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Killing 9
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ummm......look and see if you System Folder is still at the root level of your hard drive.
what you just posted says it isn't there. My directions are based on the System Folder being at the root (top/main) level. picture below.
is this where you System Folder is located? if not, where is it?
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If you kill Os 9 You WILL get a visit from my boss, K ?
I still use Os 9 for 2 reasons, Speed (I have the original 233 iMac) and because I can't buy 10 anyways.
I still use Os 9 for 2 reasons, Speed (I have the original 233 iMac) and because I can't buy 10 anyways. 
Easy solution, guys... back up your files (should be easy as backing up your user folder) then reinstall X choosing the option to format the hard drive. Voila!
umm.....yeah, that would work....if you don't mind spending a couple of hours reinstalling everything and copying your data back over.
if you go this route, make sure you have all your application installers available to reinstall. Many apps put stuff in the /Library directory, so backing up just your home directory won't cut it.
Also, you will need to recreate your user account and go throught the wonderful setup wizard and registration process. then make sure you wrote down all your network settings and locations if you had those set up as well.
or, you could type 27 characters at the command line.
easy solution...
if you do a "get info" on the system folder and change it's ownership from "root" to "<user>" then you can delete it
forget all that UNIX hassles
if you do a "get info" on the system folder and change it's ownership from "root" to "<user>" then you can delete it
forget all that UNIX hassles
Oh my god guys!!! In german we have that saying "Man sieht den Wald vor lauter Bäumen nicht"! ... means "you don't see the forrest because of all the trees"!
It is amusing how you get all into details of the UNIX under MacOS X making a scientific research out of it, while the solution is so easy.
Just boot from the MacOS 9 Installer CD, then you can do whatever you like to with your harddrive. Just pull all MacOS 9 files to the trash, empty Trash... done!
Takes 3 minutes! Including Booting the computer from CD...
Have a nice day!
groovebuster
It is amusing how you get all into details of the UNIX under MacOS X making a scientific research out of it, while the solution is so easy.
Just boot from the MacOS 9 Installer CD, then you can do whatever you like to with your harddrive. Just pull all MacOS 9 files to the trash, empty Trash... done!
Takes 3 minutes! Including Booting the computer from CD...
Have a nice day!
groovebuster
By the way, if you enable root from the NetInfo Manager, you have LOG OUT, and then log back in as root...
Once you do that, you can do anything, no questions asked.
irmongoose
P.S. doesn't su mean Super User?
Once you do that, you can do anything, no questions asked.
irmongoose
P.S. doesn't su mean Super User?
Just for furure reference
The way I do it (doesn't mean it's better, just works better for me):
Open Terminal
type in 'sudo chown <user> ' (where <user> is your username)
drag 'n' drop the file or folder on there
enter
enter your admin password
Done!
Now you can just delete it in the Finder, or do what ever you want!
PS:groovebuster: It's way faster than booting up from CD with my iMac DV SE...(scheiss DVD-Laufwerk )
The way I do it (doesn't mean it's better, just works better for me):
Open Terminal
type in 'sudo chown <user> ' (where <user> is your username)
drag 'n' drop the file or folder on there
enter
enter your admin password
Done!
Now you can just delete it in the Finder, or do what ever you want!
PS:groovebuster: It's way faster than booting up from CD with my iMac DV SE...(scheiss DVD-Laufwerk
)
Re: Just for furure reference
Yup, that also works...! But I always hesitate to tell people they should mess with the user rights of a UNIX system, when they are not very much into that matter and don't really know what they are doing there. I guess for the common user just booting from the OS9 CD is the way they can understand right away without giving them a lot of possibilities to screw up something...
groovebuster
Originally posted by TheT
The way I do it (doesn't mean it's better, just works better for me):
Open Terminal
type in 'sudo chown <user> ' (where <user> is your username)
drag 'n' drop the file or folder on there
enter
enter your admin password
Done!
Now you can just delete it in the Finder, or do what ever you want!
Yup, that also works...! But I always hesitate to tell people they should mess with the user rights of a UNIX system, when they are not very much into that matter and don't really know what they are doing there. I guess for the common user just booting from the OS9 CD is the way they can understand right away without giving them a lot of possibilities to screw up something...
groovebuster
Re: Re: Just for furure reference
But basically, you're right, so for all the OSX newbies: Don't mess with UNIX
Well, actually, you can easliy mess up everything when you're booted in OS9, because you're just allowed to do all you wantOriginally posted by groovebuster
Yup, that also works...! But I always hesitate to tell people they should mess with the user rights of a UNIX system, when they are not very much into that matter and don't really know what they are doing there. I guess for the common user just booting from the OS9 CD is the way they can understand right away without giving them a lot of possibilities to screw up something...
groovebuster
But basically, you're right, so for all the OSX newbies: Don't mess with UNIX
Re: Re: Re: Just for furure reference
Stimmt schon... eh.... quit right! But deleting anything else but the Systemfolder of MacOS 9 would be shining stupid... even one more reason to not giving them tips how to tweak MacOS X!
groovebuster
Originally posted by TheT
Well, actually, you can easliy mess up everything when you're booted in OS9, because you're just allowed to do all you want
But basically, you're right, so for all the OSX newbies: Don't mess with UNIX
Stimmt schon... eh.... quit right! But deleting anything else but the Systemfolder of MacOS 9 would be shining stupid... even one more reason to not giving them tips how to tweak MacOS X!
groovebuster
Originally posted by groovebuster
Pas de problème!
groovebuster
Is that german or french or both? B/c I take french, and that means no problem, but it could be a cognate.. is it?
I am a German who was talking french.
That's all!groovebuster
Edit: The same sentence in German would be -> Kein Problem!