Locked Ramdisk

hi folks , total linux noob here hopefully somebody can help me with a problem
i wanted to try out linux mint on my apple imac and i seem to have ended up with this ramdisk or memdisk which is some sort of security version of linux

this damn thing has total root access and has setup all sorts of remote server connections and wont let me do a bloody thing , even format a usb stick

its corrupted my apple install and base efi and just got me on total lockdown

anybody know how to get rid of this ? please


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Creating sensor nodes... - uAMPS.tcl
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 (10 == BS) - uAMPS.tcl
*** NOTE: no connection pattern specified. - wireless.tcl
Loading scenario file... - wireless.tcl
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Node 2: (66.192033079542227,78.762060347368035)
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BS received info: (3.6149593552644173 36.078549379519444 2) from Node 0  a nodik je 10 - mit/uAMPS/ns-bsapp.tcl
BS received: 1 - mit/uAMPS/ns-bsapp.tcl
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BS received: 2 - mit/uAMPS/ns-bsapp.tcl
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BS received: 4 - mit/uAMPS/ns-bsapp.tcl
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BS received: 5 - mit/uAMPS/ns-bsapp.tcl
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At 10: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 20: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 30: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 40: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 50: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 60: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 70: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 80: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 90: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 100: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 110: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 120: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 130: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 140: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 150: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 160: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 170: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 180: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 190: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 200: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 210: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 220: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 230: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 240: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 250: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 260: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 270: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 280: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 290: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 300: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 310: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 320: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 330: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 340: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 350: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 360: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 370: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 380: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 390: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 400: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 410: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 420: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 430: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 440: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 450: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 460: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 470: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 480: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 490: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 500: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 510: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 520: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 530: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 540: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 550: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 560: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 570: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 580: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 590: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


At 600: - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl
		Total Energy = 0.00020132494141871592
		Total Data = 0
		Total Alive = 10


Simulation complete. - mit/uAMPS/stats.tcl

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