I haven't verified this and don't have a system handy to do so.... On #debian IRC, someone's just reported that he left the Debian install disk in his (powered down) system. Mom came along, booted the system, kept hitting <enter>, and ended up wiping out the root (and only) partition on the system.
If this is true, I'd recommend that the installer be strutured so that some affirmative action _other_ than simply hitting _enter_ be necessary to irrevocably change system state. No, we can't protect ourselves against smart idiots, but we should be able to hold of the stupid idiots for a while. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Defeat EU Software Patents! http://swpat.ffii.org/
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