Re: [CentOS] How bad is "rm -rf /" ?

> On Feb 2, 2016, at 17:57, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > > Dear All, > > Suppose I executed the command > > rm -rf / There was also this article recently that pointed out that if the box boots via UEFI, you may brick the machine, depending on setup.

Re: [CentOS] How bad is "rm -rf /" ?

On Fri, February 5, 2016 1:55 pm, Nathan Duehr wrote: > >> On Feb 2, 2016, at 17:57, Valeri Galtsev >> wrote: >> >> Dear All, >> >> Suppose I executed the command >> >> rm -rf / > > There was also this article recently that pointed out that if the box > boots via UEFI,

Re: [CentOS] How bad is "rm -rf /" ?

On 02/05/16 14:55, Nathan Duehr wrote: > >> On Feb 2, 2016, at 17:57, Valeri Galtsev wrote: >> >> Dear All, >> >> Suppose I executed the command >> >> rm -rf / > > There was also this article recently that pointed out that if the box boots > via UEFI, you may brick

Re: [CentOS] How bad is "rm -rf /" ?

On 02/05/2016 06:31 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote: So let me get this straight. You are saying that you can make changes to the MB ROM/EPROM/whatever hardware the vendor uses, by issuing an erase command on a hard drive? No, but you can erase the UEFI variables by issuing "rm" on them if the OS

[CentOS] How bad is "rm -rf /" ?

Dear All, Suppose I executed the command rm -rf / on my CentOS 7 box. After it did what it could, how much damage will be done to what I have (or _had_ rather ;-) on my hard drive? I'm going to describe simple experiment which was prompted in another thread. I need to say a few words before I

Re: [CentOS] How bad is "rm -rf /" ?

On 02/02/2016 04:57 PM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: Suppose I executed the command rm -rf / on my CentOS 7 box. After it did what it could, how much damage will be done to what I have (or _had_ rather ;-) on my hard drive? In your experiment, rm processed /boot and /data first, and then /proc,