What version of unix was it? If solaris, they could have just put in the cdrom and done "boot -s cdrom" or if linux just used Tom's root boot. I assume other Unices also have some sort of boot from cdrom in single-user mode feature. Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Mendelsohn [mailto:mend0070 at tc.umn.edu] > Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 8:31 PM > To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] when things go really wrong.... > > > On Fri, 4 May 2001, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > > > Just a reminder of how far UNIX can get you, with a bit of > creativity and > > presence of mind: > > A testament to some rational sysadmins. That's a heck of a war story. > > How can I mention that only *NIX (in my limited personal > experience) is > so stupid as to leave the 'rm *' command completely > unprotected without > raining on the parade? > > It's kind of like the Ole and Lena joke: > > "A good wife is one who helps you through all the troubles > you wouldn't > have had if you hadn't gotten married." :) > > -- > "To misattribute a quote is unforgivable." --Anonymous > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >