[G4] Previous System Folder - Can I throw this out?

Dennis B. Swaney romad at cncnet.com
Mon May 24 11:16:03 PDT 2004


At 15:35 +0200 5/24/04, Stefan Daehler wrote:
>Original Message:
>
>>>When I'm satisfied my universe is restored, can I throw away this
>>>folder?
>>>
>>Yes
>>
>>>  The Apple Knowledge Base article says each time you
>>>do A&I, it creates a new, sequentially numbered Previous System
>>>Folder. So if I do it again, will the computer be upset when it
>>>doesn't see Previous System 1?
>>No
>
>Most probably, you'll have to log-in as "root" to trash the previous 
>system. So, make sure the root-password is enabled.     Steff
>

No, you don't. At least I didn't have to do so. However it takes a 
LONG time if you just drag the whole folder to the trash and then try 
to empty the trash. I just did it piecemeal.
-- 
Sincerely,
Dennis B. Swaney

"Windows is a command-line OS with a GUI shell while Mac System 10 is 
... oh, never mind."



More information about the G4 mailing list