On 12/5/06, Jason Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wrote a script that tested inode performance by removing unwanted > blocks. It was pretty simple, so I tested it first against the first > slice (it's the smallest, so it should be a quick test). However, > something happened after I ran the script and the system no longer > responds. Even rebooting the system, it just hangs where I would > expect to see the boot> prompt. > > Perhaps there is some sort of performance inhibitor in the kernel > that stops users from performing these delete tests against a whole > partition? If not, surely there should be some way to protect stupid > users from themselves. Or perhaps I should have just called the > command (rm -rf /) manually, rather than by ksh? What's with this > shell anyways, give me bash! >
It's the anti-unix newbie avoidance system. I propose a source change to rm that *after* it has completed removing / it then displays a dialog that "the system would prefer it if you ran windows millennium". ;)
