On Fri, February 5, 2016 1:55 pm, Nathan Duehr wrote:
On Feb 2, 2016, at 17:57, Valeri Galtsev galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu wrote:
Dear All,
Suppose I executed the command
rm -rf /
There was also this article recently that pointed out that if the box boots via UEFI, you may brick the machine, depending on setup.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=UEFI-rm-root-director...
I know, there is separate thread about You trimmed away what I said I purposefully did experiment on NON - UEFI hardware... So, your comment belonges to that other thread, you may want to re-post it as reply to one of the messages of _that_ thread.
This thread had actually been closed by one of the experts who dismantled every one of my no-expert statements. However, as far as my experiment is concerned, the fact stayed for me as a fact, namely: we all are scared that that command will leave us loosing everything we have on the hard drive. In my experiment I lost only /boot. Whoever is interested, should be able to find original description of my experiment in list archives. And don't miss the post of an expert! I'm sure both on them will encourage your brain to to do some exercises which always is educational.
Valeri
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