| gabriel rosenkoetter on 27 Mar 2009 19:01:21 -0700 |
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At 2009-03-27 17:25 -0400, Art Alexion <art.alexion@gmail.com> wrote: > The only guy in our IT department familiar with Macs thought it was a > failed attempt to install a Windows partition, but it doesn't look > like a windows partition to me. He's definitely wrong. > It looks like a partial backup of the / filesystem. [...] > mtree output attached Yeah, that's definitely an aborted backup attempt. Nuke it. > Yes it appears with both df and mount, and in the Disk Utility. It is > an HFS partition and reported as healthy. Is it actually a separate partition disk slice or is it a mounted disk image? In either case, go reclaim the space, because it's not doing *you* any good, and removing it will definitely not break anything. Also, run software update (it's in the Apple menu) immediately. -- gabriel rosenkoetter gr@eclipsed.net Attachment:
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