use terminal to remove a 'Read Only' file / filesystem in Mac
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I am currently in terminal in 'Diskutility' trying to remove everything from my HD including the Recovery Partition which is corrupted. I am using : rm -f System or
rm -f Library as examples and I get" Library is a Directory error.
I have an embedded system placed in my Mac and it has caused me 1000's of dollars and no Mac help from Apple.
Can someone assist here as it does involve an emergency.
Thank you.
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I am currently in terminal in 'Diskutility' trying to remove everything from my HD including the Recovery Partition which is corrupted. I am using : rm -f System or
rm -f Library as examples and I get" Library is a Directory error.
I have an embedded system placed in my Mac and it has caused me 1000's of dollars and no Mac help from Apple.
Can someone assist here as it does involve an emergency.
Thank you.
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asked Apr 1 at 2:11
David Johnson
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why? just reformat.
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I am currently in terminal in 'Diskutility' trying to remove everything from my HD including the Recovery Partition which is corrupted. I am using : rm -f System or
rm -f Library as examples and I get" Library is a Directory error.
I have an embedded system placed in my Mac and it has caused me 1000's of dollars and no Mac help from Apple.
Can someone assist here as it does involve an emergency.
Thank you.
terminal virtual-machine
asked Apr 1 at 2:11
David Johnson
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I am currently in terminal in 'Diskutility' trying to remove everything from my HD including the Recovery Partition which is corrupted. I am using : rm -f System or
rm -f Library as examples and I get" Library is a Directory error.
I have an embedded system placed in my Mac and it has caused me 1000's of dollars and no Mac help from Apple.
Can someone assist here as it does involve an emergency.
Thank you.
terminal virtual-machine
asked Apr 1 at 2:11
David Johnson
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asked Apr 1 at 2:11
David Johnson
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asked Apr 1 at 2:11
David Johnson
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asked Apr 1 at 2:11
David Johnson
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why? just reformat.
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Apr 1 at 8:05
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why? just reformat.
– Jasen
Apr 1 at 8:05
why? just reformat.
– Jasen
Apr 1 at 8:05
why? just reformat.
– Jasen
Apr 1 at 8:05
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You could delete recursively using rm -Rf but I’m not really sure if you should do this.
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Ankit Jain
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I used -rf and also -R to see and then deleted everything after saving the text to file. I have learned that deleting or reformatting with Disk Utility just does not delete everything especially if someone gets into the ;Recovery Partition.
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You could delete recursively using rm -Rf but I’m not really sure if you should do this.
answered Apr 1 at 2:40
Ankit Jain
1013
I used -rf and also -R to see and then deleted everything after saving the text to file. I have learned that deleting or reformatting with Disk Utility just does not delete everything especially if someone gets into the ;Recovery Partition.
– David Johnson
Apr 2 at 6:48
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You could delete recursively using rm -Rf but I’m not really sure if you should do this.
answered Apr 1 at 2:40
Ankit Jain
1013
I used -rf and also -R to see and then deleted everything after saving the text to file. I have learned that deleting or reformatting with Disk Utility just does not delete everything especially if someone gets into the ;Recovery Partition.
– David Johnson
Apr 2 at 6:48
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up vote
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up vote
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You could delete recursively using rm -Rf but I’m not really sure if you should do this.
answered Apr 1 at 2:40
Ankit Jain
1013
You could delete recursively using rm -Rf but I’m not really sure if you should do this.
answered Apr 1 at 2:40
Ankit Jain
1013
answered Apr 1 at 2:40
Ankit Jain
1013
answered Apr 1 at 2:40
Ankit Jain
1013
answered Apr 1 at 2:40
Ankit Jain
1013
1013
I used -rf and also -R to see and then deleted everything after saving the text to file. I have learned that deleting or reformatting with Disk Utility just does not delete everything especially if someone gets into the ;Recovery Partition.
– David Johnson
Apr 2 at 6:48
add a comment |Â
I used -rf and also -R to see and then deleted everything after saving the text to file. I have learned that deleting or reformatting with Disk Utility just does not delete everything especially if someone gets into the ;Recovery Partition.
– David Johnson
Apr 2 at 6:48
I used -rf and also -R to see and then deleted everything after saving the text to file. I have learned that deleting or reformatting with Disk Utility just does not delete everything especially if someone gets into the ;Recovery Partition.
– David Johnson
Apr 2 at 6:48
I used -rf and also -R to see and then deleted everything after saving the text to file. I have learned that deleting or reformatting with Disk Utility just does not delete everything especially if someone gets into the ;Recovery Partition.
– David Johnson
Apr 2 at 6:48
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why? just reformat.
– Jasen
Apr 1 at 8:05