Squeeky Clean Install?

[jawZolife]

Hi,

I converted my 6000 to OZ/Opie 3.5.3 after several months of the Sharp ROM.

Whilst recently peruzing the Z, I have noticed files/folders I installed back in the days of tinkering with the Sharp ROM.

How do I erase all that is not needed and install a clean flavor of OZ/Opie??

I have searched the forums and see the suggestion to merely flash the Z with the ROM of of choice to "reset" it.

However, with the files and folders I have found after the switch to OZ, I am thinking I need to perform a few added steps.

Any input is appreciated

jawZ

[Mickeyl]

Two possibillities: Erase the 2nd partition from the update menu; or boot up, rm -rf $HOME/*, reboot.

[jawZolife]

Two possibillities: Erase the 2nd partition from the update menu; or boot up, rm -rf $HOME/*, reboot.
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Thanks for the information, Mickey.

Would you suggest I do this before, or after the re-install of OZ?

Regards,
jawZ

[lardman]

You should be able to do it after you've installed opie, and opie will then regenerate the info which is stored in there.

Probably best to do this from the command prompt outside of Opie though.

In the future I'd recommend doing this before flashing though.


Si

[jawZolife]

Two possibillities: Erase the 2nd partition from the update menu; or boot up, rm -rf $HOME/*, reboot.
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Mickey & lardman,

I tried rm -rf $HOME/* then flashed with OZ/Opie. Again, I am still seeing apps, etc from before.

I looked around both update menus (pwr + ok) & (pwr +d +m) and I see nothing specific to deleting partitions.

Sooo, to prevent me  from becoming a brickmaker  I would like a bit more detail to the delete partiton process.

Thanks,
jawZ

[lardman]

I tried rm -rf $HOME/* then flashed with OZ/Opie. Again, I am still seeing apps, etc from before.

Try:

rm -rf ~/*

(does that get hidden files too?), you might then need to do:

rm -rf ~/.*


Si

[jawZolife]

Try:

rm -rf ~/*

(does that get hidden files too?), you might then need to do:

rm -rf ~/.*

Si
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Am I executing these commands at /home/root path? Or should I execute them at the root /

Regards,
jawZ

[Greg2]

Try:

rm -rf ~/*

(does that get hidden files too?), you might then need to do:

rm -rf ~/.*

Si
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Am I executing these commands at /home/root path? Or should I execute them at the root /

There’s many ways to achieve the same objective in Linux… here’s what I use on a poodle:

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cd /home
rm –rf *
Greg

[lardman]

Am I executing these commands at /home/root path? Or should I execute them at the root /

You want to delete your home directory (not everything on the Z), so it has to be in /home/root - I'd go for Greg2's suggestion in fact (post above this one).


Si

[jawZolife]

Am I executing these commands at /home/root path? Or should I execute them at the root /

You want to delete your home directory (not everything on the Z), so it has to be in /home/root - I'd go for Greg2's suggestion in fact (post above this one).


Si
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Thanks to all for the information... it was very helpful

jawZ