Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>In fact pure UNIX using command line, is more likely to cause damage, >>>minor or Major due to the accidental typing ( Hands engaged before the >>> >>...Depending on the current user. Unix has priviledge levels for a reason, >>and is capable of functioning with damage that would render an entirely GUI- >>based system inoperable. >> >>The same command line interface that you believe can destroy the system is >>the same feature that lends the Unix environment the phenomenal amount of >>power and speed (and reliability!) it is known for. Yes, it is possible to >>cause major damage with a slip of the fingers, but the fact that MOST Unixes >>do not embrace the "everyone is superuser" choice of the Windows and MacOS >>worlds effectively limits the damage that can be done. >> >>Be careful how you generalize. >> >>-- >>Brandon Hume - hume -> BOFH.Halifax.NS.Ca, http://WWW.BOFH.Halifax.NS.Ca/ >> -> Solaris Snob and general NOCMonkey >> > > One advantage of the Mac OS prior to OS-X is that you can not > deliberately Reformat the Hard Disk which has your currently operating > system without starting up from the systems Disk or another Hard drive > with a function system. > > You have to conciously want to do so. It impossible to do otherwise. > > In Dos when I worked for a school system all you had to type was fdisk > C:/ ( maybe C>:/ been a while) and your machine was toast. > >
There has never been a version of MS-DOS where typing JUST fdisk c: resulted in HD wipeout. -- Jay Garcia - Netscape Champion Novell MCNE-5/CNI-Networking Technologies-OSI UFAQ - http://www.UFAQ.org
