Welcome Guest.   Make a donation to an author on the site May 25, 2013, 12:17:02 AM  *

Please login or register.
Or did you miss your validation email?


Login with username and password (forgot your password?)
Why not become a lifetime supporting member of the site with a one-time donation of any amount? Your donation entitles you to a ton of additional benefits, including access to exclusive discounts and downloads, the ability to enter monthly free software drawings, and a single non-expiring license key for all of our programs.

You must sign up here before you can post and access some areas of the site. Registration is totally free and confidential.
 
Read the full one-year retrospective report on DonationCoder.com.
   
   Forum Home   Thread Marks Chat! Downloads Search Login Register  
+  DonationCoder.com Forum
|-+  Main Area and Open Discussion
| |-+  General Software Discussion
| | |-+  Make Linux magically disappear
Pages: [1]   Go Down
« previous next »
  Reply  |  New Topic  |  Print  
Author Topic: Make Linux magically disappear  (Read 2906 times)
40hz
Supporting Member
**
Posts: 8,357


/away

plarker much see users location on a map View Profile Give some DonationCredits to this forum member
« on: April 10, 2009, 03:26:13 PM »
There's a great video making the rounds in the Linux community.

One of the most famous (or infamous) commands in the NIX world is running rm -rf / as a superuser.

For those of you who aren't fans of Unix or Linux, this command basically tells the system to remove all files and directories starting at the root directory and not ask for any confirmation.

Ever wonder what would happen if some fool actually did run it?  tellme

Enter the Fool. Check out this video and watch Linux magically disappear:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWOjmvWPRvQ

 Cool
« Last Edit: April 10, 2009, 03:30:38 PM by 40hz » Logged
cranioscopical
Friend of the Site
Supporting Member
**
Posts: 3,998



see users location on a map View Profile Read user's biography. Give some DonationCredits to this forum member
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2009, 03:51:04 PM »
I tried that under Vista 64-bit and my machine rebooted with XP Pro 32-bit installed.   ohmy
Logged
Chris
40hz
Supporting Member
**
Posts: 8,357


/away

plarker much see users location on a map View Profile Give some DonationCredits to this forum member
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2009, 07:10:22 PM »
Quote from: cranioscopical on April 10, 2009, 03:51:04 PM
I tried that under Vista 64-bit and my machine rebooted with XP Pro 32-bit installed.   ohmy

Wow! You were lucky. I tried it with WinXP-SP3 and I rebooted into a copy of Visicalc running under CP/M! tongue
Logged


[ may-june 2013 ad experiment; click here to learn more about donationcoder.com ]

cranioscopical
Friend of the Site
Supporting Member
**
Posts: 3,998



see users location on a map View Profile Read user's biography. Give some DonationCredits to this forum member
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2009, 09:23:07 PM »
Quote from: 40hz on April 10, 2009, 07:10:22 PM
Quote from: cranioscopical on April 10, 2009, 03:51:04 PM
I tried that under Vista 64-bit and my machine rebooted with XP Pro 32-bit installed.   ohmy

Wow! You were lucky. I tried it with WinXP-SP3 and I rebooted into a copy of Visicalc running under CP/M! tongue

 Grin Grin  (I think you might have been the more lucky of us. Those were the days!)
Logged
Chris
40hz
Supporting Member
**
Posts: 8,357


/away

plarker much see users location on a map View Profile Give some DonationCredits to this forum member
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2009, 09:44:51 PM »
Quote from: cranioscopical on April 10, 2009, 09:23:07 PM
...Those were the days! ...

Yes and no.  Wink
(Like most things in life. Grin)
Logged
MilesAhead
Member
**
Posts: 4,002



View Profile WWW Give some DonationCredits to this forum member
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2009, 10:24:50 PM »
Reminds me of the old 2 instruction Dos program:
cli
jmp $

Turn off interrupts and jump here. If you ran it in an OS/2 Dos box it would hard lock the machine unless it had a built-in break out alarm handler. All the machines had debug.com so you could bring up a Dos window and in a few seconds type those lines in, assemble the program and run it.  Like if the guy in the other cubicle left to get a coffee or something. smiley
Logged
"I can't speak to anyone anywhere because I flunked Esperanto."
-- MilesAhead
cranioscopical
Friend of the Site
Supporting Member
**
Posts: 3,998



see users location on a map View Profile Read user's biography. Give some DonationCredits to this forum member
« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2009, 10:40:34 PM »
Quote from: MilesAhead on April 10, 2009, 10:24:50 PM
Like if the guy in the other cubicle left to get a coffee or something.
That was you? You swine! Ruined practically every coffee break... smiley
Logged
Chris
MilesAhead
Member
**
Posts: 4,002



View Profile WWW Give some DonationCredits to this forum member
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2009, 01:53:41 PM »
Quote from: cranioscopical on April 10, 2009, 10:40:34 PM
Quote from: MilesAhead on April 10, 2009, 10:24:50 PM
Like if the guy in the other cubicle left to get a coffee or something.
That was you? You swine! Ruined practically every coffee break... smiley



Hey!! You coulda' brought me back a coffee now and then ya' know!! Wink
Logged
"I can't speak to anyone anywhere because I flunked Esperanto."
-- MilesAhead
Gwen7
Participant
*
Posts: 102


View Profile Give some DonationCredits to this forum member
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2009, 12:27:34 PM »
The other way is to twist the arms of netbook manufacturers. Or pay off the Ministers of poor governments. Wink
Logged
zridling
Friend of the Site
Charter Member
***
Posts: 3,277


Linux captive

see users location on a map View Profile WWW Read user's biography. Give some DonationCredits to this forum member
« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2009, 05:21:02 PM »
I'm surprised it didn't jump to a pure CLI and drop x-windows.
Logged
- zaine (on Google+)
40hz
Supporting Member
**
Posts: 8,357


/away

plarker much see users location on a map View Profile Give some DonationCredits to this forum member
« Reply #10 on: April 14, 2009, 06:24:28 PM »
Quote from: zridling on April 14, 2009, 05:21:02 PM
I'm surprised it didn't jump to a pure CLI and drop x-windows.

Funny. That's what I thought it would do too. Or maybe even hard-hang. Must come from seeing our share of BSODs back in our younger days.

I think it didn't  because what was left on the screen and semi-working was already in RAM. Just goes to show there's something to be said for the Unix concept of 'graceful' system degradation.

'Course, if he logged off or restarted it would have been all over.

(Damn! I just know I've gotta try it one of these days. Boy do I ever I hate this guy...) Grin


Quote from: Gwen7 on April 14, 2009, 12:27:34 PM
The other way is to twist the arms of netbook manufacturers. Or pay off the Ministers of poor governments. Wink

Makes your blood boil doesn't it? That's one reason why I also stopped following the OLPC story. Listening to Nick Negroponte try to put a positive spin on that blatant 'sell-out' is enough to make a snake blush.  thumb down

Shame Nicholas! Shame!
« Last Edit: April 14, 2009, 06:36:17 PM by 40hz » Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
  Reply  |  New Topic  |  Print  
« previous next »



[ may-june 2013 ad experiment; click here to learn more about donationcoder.com ]


 
Jump to:  
   Forum Home   Thread Marks Chat! Downloads Search Login Register  

DonationCoder.com | About Us
DonationCoder.com Forum | Powered by SMF
[ Page time: 0.055s | Server load: 1.86 ]