OS X is pure uncut BSD 4.4. line by line code by code. with the Aqua
interface and Mach kernel at the center core.
Carlfish wrote:
>
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 18:05:08 -0400, jesus X <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> somehow managed to type:
> >JTK wrote:
> >> > That's one of the things I've liked the Mac system "up until OS-X" is
> >> > that you can't wipe out all the contents of the hard drive you are
> >> > working on by accident. It has to be a deliberate act.
> >> OS X lets you wipe out your root drive accidentally? Wowzers.
> >
> >No, nor can you do so on a PC. Phil's idea of an accident is quite dramatic
> >indeed. According to Phil's idea of accidents, it's also possible for a steam
> >engine train to accidentally hit a deer while in orbit of pluto.
>
> Disclaimer: I've not used OS X.
>
> If OS X gives you access to a fully-functional Unix command line, then yes
> it should be very easy to hose your root partition.
>
> One of the favourite methods of system administrators worldwide would be
> slipping on the space-bar at the wrong time, and typing "rm -rf tmp /*"
> although there have been far more esoteric methods involving writing
> garbage directly to the disk device file in /dev.
>
> If you don't know at least one person who has trashed a system like this
> by accident, then you've probably not been in system administration very
> long.
>
> Charles Miller
> (And if you haven't then sat through the story of how they rescued the
> whole system without requiring a restore, through the use of only
> emacs, a pocket-knife and a roll of duct-tape, then you're a luckier
> man than I)
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