OK to trash OS9 Folder?

steve666 · July 27, 2007 12:27AM

Howdy, I just took over my niece's old G4 ibook (I know, a hand me down), but its all I need right now.

I was wondering if its safe to trash the OS9 folder. I never use OS9, I cant imagine anyone is still using it at this point. Can I just chuck it in the trash? Im trying to free up some hard drive space.

karelia · July 27, 2007 8:01AM

You can throw it away, but you'll only save about 250MB.

kickaha · July 27, 2007 9:31AM

Archive it, save half the space, and set it aside 'just in case'. I still find myself needing to run the occasional odd Classic app about twice a year.

steve666 · July 27, 2007 9:51AM

OK, thanks guys

steve666 · August 2, 2007 8:04PM

I tried to throw it away but when I went to empty trash it said system folder in use. I am in OSX and am always in OSX, why did I get that message? Thanks.

karelia · August 2, 2007 9:45PM

Make sure you're not running Classic at the moment.

steve666 · August 2, 2007 10:08PM

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Originally Posted by Karelia

Make sure you're not running Classic at the moment.

I never run classic, unless its starting up automatically somehow.

Any way to shut it off if its running?

kickaha · August 2, 2007 10:26PM

System Preferences -> Classic.

steve666 · August 2, 2007 10:39PM

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Originally Posted by Kickaha

System Preferences -> Classic.

I just checked. Classic is not running. Im going to try and trash the OS9 folder again.

steve666 · August 2, 2007 11:20PM

I still couldnt trash the OS9 folder, I get a message that the system folder is required by the system.

teedoff087 · August 3, 2007 1:10AM

Have you tried removing it via terminal? If you don't know how, I wouldn't suggest it, but it's worth a try if you do.

steve666 · August 3, 2007 9:42AM

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Originally Posted by teedoff087

Have you tried removing it via terminal? If you don't know how, I wouldn't suggest it, but it's worth a try if you do.

No, dont know how to, maybe I should just leave it.

karelia · August 3, 2007 6:52PM

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Originally Posted by steve666

No, dont know how to, maybe I should just leave it.

Put the System Folder back where it belongs, in the root hard drive, and copy all of this text into Terminal and hit Return.

Code:

cd /

rm -r System\\ Folder

Make sure to get all of it, and enter NO other commands into the terminal.

kickaha · August 3, 2007 7:34PM

And make double damned sure you get that backslash in there.

steve666 · August 3, 2007 8:56PM

OK, If I get the guts I'll try it. I dont have the original cds that came with the computer so if i screw up it wont be a good thing!

karelia · August 3, 2007 9:03PM

Like he said, if you don't get the backslash in "System\\ Folder", you'll delete "System" instead. Bye, bye, Mac OS X.

steve666 · August 3, 2007 9:08PM

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Originally Posted by Karelia

Like he said, if you don't get the backslash in "System\\ Folder", you'll delete "System" instead. Bye, bye, Mac OS X.

Methinks I'll just leave things the way they are. When the new cat comes out I'll just do a full install and erase the old stuff.

karelia · August 3, 2007 9:10PM

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Originally Posted by steve666

Methinks I'll just leave things the way they are. When the new cat comes out I'll just do a full install and erase the old stuff.

Sounds like a good idea, considering Mac OS 9 takes up mere peanuts in regards to HD space. Still, if you enter it like I posted, it will do the trick.

steve666 · August 3, 2007 9:14PM

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Originally Posted by Karelia

Sounds like a good idea, considering Mac OS 9 takes up mere peanuts in regards to HD space. Still, if you enter it like I posted, it will do the trick.

Thanks for the info.

OK to trash OS9 Folder?

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