Date: Fri, 30 May 1997 23:42:53 +0200 (SAT) From: Paul Allenby <pallenby@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> To: Shimon@i-Connect.Net (Simon Shapiro) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fdisk Special Feature We CAN do Without Message-ID: <199705302142.XAA00119@zibbi.mikom.csir.co.za> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.970530093710.Shimon@i-Connect.Net> from Simon Shapiro at "May 30, 97 09:37:10 am"
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"Simon Shapiro wrote:" [Charset iso-8859-8 unsupported, filtering to ASCII...] > I call it ``Teach'em To Be Careful'' (TTTBC): > > This feature makes sure you look and look again and your screen before you > press ENTER. It also teaches you the value of fast, reliable and up to > date backup. > > How does it work? So simple you do not have to learn it at all! It does > it all by itself? > > How do you evaluate/activate this feature? Simply type ``fdisk some > nonsense'' Fdisk will promptly wipe out your boot disk partitioning table. > Just to make sure you stay alert, it will not tell you. How will you find > out? Oh, when you boot your system next. It wouldn't! > > This feature is actually documented! It says clearly in the man page that > if you do not specify what drive to partition, it will partition your boot > drive. > > Now, if you want to make SURE you activate this feature, do: > > fdisk -f some_file_that_has_partitioning_data nonsense > > This will do it for sure. Every time. I know. I tried. > > Happy Re-installing! > > Simon > What the heck is this? Try "man fdisk".
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