problems with partitions on a used mac

[sonian]

I bought a used Mac G4 and I love it but it is partitioned. It was running OS9 as well as OS10. I have my own copy of OS10 and didn't have any use for the OS9. I followed a few mac help site postings for deleting content and then removing the partitions. Unfortunately, my mac won't let me get rid of the partition.

I am a new mac user and thus I am lost as to what to do. I don't have alot of RAM - just enough. I hope to upgrade eventually but all would be good for now if I could merge the two partitions. I am copying and pasting some information below in hopes that someone can help me. On the "Sonia" volume all I have installed is MacOS10 Tiger and I-Life.


Name : QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM27.3
Type : Disk

Disk Identifier : disk0
Media Name : QUANTUM FIREBALLP LM27.3 Media
Media Type : Generic
Connection Bus : ATA
Connection Type : Internal
Connection ID : Device 0
Partition Type : Apple_partition_scheme
Device Tree : mac-io/ata-4@1f000/@0:0
Writable : Yes
Ejectable : No
Mac OS 9 Drivers Installed : Yes
Location : Internal
Total Capacity : 25.5 GB (27,417,755,648 Bytes)
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Verified
Disk Number : 0
Partition Number : 0


Name : sonia
Type : Volume

Disk Identifier : disk0s10
Mount Point : /
File System : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Connection Bus : ATA
Partition Type : Apple_HFS
Device Tree : mac-io/ata-4@1f000/@0:10
Writable : Yes
Universal Unique Identifier : 8DA0145B-1481-35BC-A3DC-E7C13B1B8FF2
Capacity : 12.8 GB (13,707,939,840 Bytes)
Free Space : 233.2 MB (244,563,968 Bytes)
Used : 12.5 GB (13,462,110,208 Bytes)
Number of Files : 321,214
Number of Folders : 85,161
Owners Enabled : Yes
Can Turn Owners Off : Yes
Can Repair Permissions : Yes
Can Be Verified : Yes
Can Be Repaired : Yes
Can Be Formatted : Yes
Bootable : Yes
Supports Journaling : Yes
Journaled : Yes
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Verified
Disk Number : 0
Partition Number : 10

Name : Untitled - this is the one that had OS9 on it but I have already deleted it.
Type : Volume

Disk Identifier : disk0s9
Mount Point : Not mounted
File System : Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
Connection Bus : ATA
Partition Type : Apple_HFS
Device Tree : mac-io/ata-4@1f000/@0:9
Writable : Yes
Universal Unique Identifier : A6D509F2-46AE-346A-9FEE-1079A2FFC9B0
Capacity : 12.8 GB (13,708,877,824 Bytes)
Owners Enabled : No
Can Turn Owners Off : Yes
Can Be Formatted : Yes
Bootable : Yes
Supports Journaling : Yes
Journaled : No
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Verified
Disk Number : 0
Partition Number : 9

 

[Ric]

Hi there and welcome,

how have you got on ?

Are you able to reinstall the OS ? If you are then we can guide you how to get the partitions how you would like them...

there are ways to do this with special software but it's easier/cheaper with the OS install disk.

regards

Ric