how can i delete a duplicate volume backup from backupdb ƒ?

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xserve 1,1; os 10.6.4 server

i have a duplicate backup folder for an internal drive that needed replacing. i would like to keep the new backup and delete the old one:

internal drive A new drive backup
internal drive A 1 old drive backup

timemachine rightly kept the old one when it sensed the volume was on a new hardware platform, but now i’m backed up and running fine and want the duplicate backup from the orig drive dumped, it’s taking up half a TB.

i can’t get perms to let me dump, no matter what i do, sudo -rm -rf, won’t allow it. is this because of the unique hierarchical way timemachine works? virtual files and whatnot…?

at any rate, is there no way to dump this duplicate backup?

thanks.

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