> > If I crash my machine while trying, so what.
>
> I doubt you will be able to crash the system, you might have more success
> in mucking up but really crashing a linux system is not really so easy as
> doing the same in Windows.
>
It's pretty easy to crash a linux box if you're root. Ever tried
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mem
for fun? Brings down a box *quick*. :-)
(don't try this at home unless everything is mounted read-only).
I guess it's just one more reason that people shouldn't wander around as
root all the time.
have fun
greg
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