On Wed, Apr 25, 2001 at 01:02:47AM -0500, Adam Heath wrote: > On Wed, 25 Apr 2001, Ben Collins wrote: > > > If we left everything to "you have to be smart enough", then let's just > > leave out the entire linux kernel, most of the software in Debian, and > > go for a minimum cygnus install. Let's just ditch all non-i386 > > architectures. Hell, let's get rid of everything that might potentially > > break your system, unless you are smart enough to use it. You know, > > things like X that can fry a monitor, or mkfs that might trash your > > harddrive. > > mkfs doesn't fry harddrives, it fries data on harddrives. However, using > wrong video settings can actually destroy certain monitors.
Thanks Adam (the nitpicker) Heath :) FYI, there are things you can do in the kernel config that can fry a harddrive, as explained in some threads on the linux-kernel list (SCSI related commands). -- -----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=------ / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'