Deleting OS 9 problem...owned by root?
On a friend's new iBook, I'm trying to trash/delete the Applications (OS 9) and OS 9 System Folder and any other OS 9 folders (there's another one , but I forgot the name) residing on her hard drive.
She's using X only, so no reason to have both on there (she surfs, e-mails, has Office v.X on order and does the iTunes/iPod thing...no need whatsoever to have both operating systems on there...just clutter and possible confusion for her).
Even though we're booted into OS X, when I try to drag the OS 9-related folders to the trash, I get a message saying something like "this action can't be done because it's owned by the root"
Is there simply a way - without foolding with the Terminal (spare me!) or downloading that BatchMod thing I've read about that I can trash/delete the OS 9 components on this iBook, just leaving my friend with an OS X-only system?
Thanks!
She's using X only, so no reason to have both on there (she surfs, e-mails, has Office v.X on order and does the iTunes/iPod thing...no need whatsoever to have both operating systems on there...just clutter and possible confusion for her).
Even though we're booted into OS X, when I try to drag the OS 9-related folders to the trash, I get a message saying something like "this action can't be done because it's owned by the root"
Is there simply a way - without foolding with the Terminal (spare me!) or downloading that BatchMod thing I've read about that I can trash/delete the OS 9 components on this iBook, just leaving my friend with an OS X-only system?
Thanks!
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If you don't want to do that, I'm pretty sure that you can just get info on the various items, click the little Permissions triangle, and change the Owner to your account. Then click the "Apply to Enclosed Items" button. Then you should probably be able to move the items to the Trash.
cd /
sudo rm -rf System\\ Folder/
Of course, recursively removing directories (-r) without confirming deletion (-f) is a bit risky.