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How to delete a "foreign" file?

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#1

I d/l'd Puppy Linux 1.0.6 iso, & burned it. It is one of those live cd's. Anyhow it plants this file here onto my filesystem. I ntried to delet it or at least edit it, & created this other pup101 by mistake that also has to go.

The pup001 has info in it that leads me to a frozen screen when Puppy is booted up.

I have no idea how to fix it at either end other than by deleting it. I just wanted the pup as a back-up when I have no operating system during an install etc.

#2

Open a terminal. Type the following:

sudo rm -i /pup001 sudo rm -i /pup101

Press Y to confirm it's about to delete the correct files.

#3

Thanks alot, that did the trick. :)