Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 12:09:24 -0600 From: Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Protection from the dreaded "rm -fr /" Message-ID: <20041002180924.GR35869@seekingfire.com> In-Reply-To: <20041002175517.GA2230@gothmog.gr> References: <20041002081928.GA21439@gothmog.gr> <200410021123.59811.max@love2party.net> <20041002102430.Y5481@thor.farley.org> <20041002165155.GP35869@seekingfire.com> <20041002175517.GA2230@gothmog.gr>
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On Sat, Oct 02, 2004 at 08:55:17PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On 2004-10-02 10:51, Tillman Hodgson <tillman@seekingfire.com> wrote:
> > If one is thinking about `rm -rf /`, `newfs` is probably the right
> > answer.
>
> And a hell of a lot faster too.
Exactly.
> This is the *only* reason why I initially wrote this.
I'd love to see it incorporated.
-T
--
To imagine a human world without ethics, but in which life goes well, it is
necessary to suppose a golden age: a world without competition, or causes of
strife, or clashing desires, or envy or malice.
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