More details at: http://www.fsckin.co m/2007/10/31/what-ha ppens-when-you-run-r m-rf/
I've known for a long time to stay away from the short, sweet and simple "rm -rf /" command. It deletes every file on any writable filesystem mounted by a *nix system, but what exactly happens? This video is running on a VM and shows what happens.
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If you enjoyed this, please visit my website at where I have a how-to on installing and running Team Fortress.
http://www.fsckin .com/2007/10/15/how- to-run-team-fortress -2-half-life-2-hl2-e p-12-in-ubuntu-using -wine/
See more at http://www.fsckin.co m/2008/01/09/using-s hred-to-wipe-hard-dr ives-dod-uses-it-you -should-too/
This is a 6-time random wipe of a 2GB flash drive, followed by a single pass of zeros.
See more information: http://www.fsckin.co m/2008/01/03/transco ding-mtsm2ts-avchd-v ideo-files-with-free -software/
Sorry about the really trippy ending... wasn't planning on that. :)