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From: mjones@fenway.aix.kingston.ibm.com (Mike Jones)
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Subject: Re: minidisks command won't delete
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Date: 22 Oct 90 14:19:19 GMT
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In article <1418@msa3b.UUCP>, kevin@msa3b.UUCP (Kevin P. Kleinfelter) writes:
> I need to delete my /u minidisk, in order to reallocate it.

You need to bring up the system from the maintenance diskette. Certain
minidisks (/, /local, /u, and /tmp I think) are marked as "system"
minidisks, which are created automagically at installation and which can
only be removed while running from the maintenance diskette.
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