On 13/08/16 12:34, David Hedlund wrote: > rm / # do not remove root partition > rm -f / will remove root partition > > In my opinion: > > dd of=/dev/sda # will destroy sda even if it is a root partition, it > should not > dd -f of=/dev/sda # -f flag do not exists for dd, it should be added so > it can force a write if the previous step is implemented
Since dd is a lower level and much less widely/frequently used tool, I don't think it's warranted.
