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Title: Eliminating Unwanted Sharp Programs?
Post by: deluxe on January 12, 2006, 11:18:31 pm

So, I have a SL-C1000 with stock Sharp ROM. A number of the programs that are installed by default are programs I could comfortably live without, or I intend to replace them with others in the future.
Is there some easy way to remove some of the unwanted programs, free up some space. I note that they are not viewable under the Add/Remove programs wizard.

Title: Eliminating Unwanted Sharp Programs?
Post by: loc4me on January 12, 2006, 11:22:59 pm

Yes there is a way to remove them. You have to remount the root partition as read/write (rw). I forget how to do it so i am not being much help here. I am sure someone else with be much more helpful than I am. Since it is being used you can umount it so that is why there is a special comand that just REmounts it.

EDIT:
Check out the topic here (https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=5833&hl=remount+root) look at post number 2. Hope that helps.

Oh... you have do delete each individual file on its own. there is no uninstal feature even when you do this.

Title: Eliminating Unwanted Sharp Programs?
Post by: bam on January 13, 2006, 03:37:25 am

command in question is, mount -o remount,rw /

Title: Eliminating Unwanted Sharp Programs?
Post by: deluxe on January 13, 2006, 09:12:57 am

Quickie, just clarifying....

With the command as above:  mount -o remount,rw /

are you sure of the syntax, I am drawn particularly to the use of the comma.