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.