Uninstall Classic from Tiger 10.4.2?

I'm not even sure if this is the right forum, or right place, but I have searched elsewhere, and could not find anything. I know that a lof of people here use OS X, so I thought it might be worth a shot . . .

I run Tiger 10.4.2 on a 15" PowerBook G4, and I want to uninstall Classic. It's just sitting there, being useless, and it is driving me crazy. I read that to uninstall it, just drag the "System Folder" (for Classic, not for OS X) to the Trash, but when I try to do that, it tells me that it is being used by the system.

Anyone know how to delete the damn thing, or be able to point me in a direction that could help me? Any help at all would be highly appreciated!

Thanks,

ErosForgotten

#302602

I really don't know if this would work, but try rebooting into single-user mode.

1. Restart the computer while holding down the command and s keys at the same time.

2. Type "/sbin/mount -wu /"

3. Type "/sbin/SystemStarter"

4. Type "cd .." until it says something like directory or file doesn't exist.

5. Type "del System Folder" or

something else, I'm not sure.

NOTE: You might be able delete it with the Mac OS X install CD

#302608

You may want to look in System Preferences, to the Classic Pane to look over your options there, to see why it won't delete, and that you have the right privileges to do so.

#302612

Well, I tried both of those, and no results. Thanks guys, though. I'll just live with them - not taking up much space anyways.

#302617

If you still want to try one more time, try this edited tutorial the other one was wrong because it had the DOS delete command instead of the UNIX one.

1. Restart the computer while holding down the command and s keys at the same time.

2. Type "/sbin/mount -wu /"

3. Type "/sbin/SystemStarter"

4. Type "cd .." twice.

5. Type "rm System Folder"

5. If that doesn't work, type "rm /System Folder"

#302917

Well, after the first one didn't work I just deleted everything inside of the System Folder (but not the actual folder itself), then restarted and deleted the folder and it took care of it. Thanks for the help though! Next time I will know how.