Mac OS X - sudo rm -rf /
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There's no need for sudo here :P
You're already root.
rm -Rf / would have done.
3 years ago 11
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You couldn't reboot because you deleted the reboot program! It's get's pretty crazy after you delete every file in a UNIX or UNIX-like system.
3 years ago 9
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The -f flag means folder.
Without it. The screen would be filled up with this directory is a folder.
Try doing sudo rm -rf -v /
Then you see what it's deleting.
I will record it on my Linux VM
Not real pc. It would take ages to delete 300 GB of data
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i watched you kill a mac on a mac D:
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why did you type "sudo" if you are already root
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Do it in VERBOSE, that way you can see the destruction. Just don't do it to the root when you intended to do it to a directory like I once did :-]
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@GegoXaren Not every user is a root, non-root users will need the sudo.
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@choismn00 that's what I did last year.
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It is every so satisfying to see a macfag destroy his own os when I troll them to sudo rm -rf their shit, and then see them ask the next day how to fit their mac. I tell them to run a magnet over their computer, and that will fix it. You wouldn't believe how many people fall for that! God I love stupid mac people.
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lol at nerds comments with commands on how he should have done it.
losers
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he also doesn't understand what the -f flag for rm is for
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I goofed. One of the lines should end with the bs=1 as well as whatever unit represents the basic byte, and not have the size argument...excuse me, I have had to delete partitions and disks, as well as other stuff.
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Wow, pretty amazing stuff.
Why did you wipe the drive, do you intend to reinstall oSX
JonRDow 4 years ago
I'm planning on using the 60 GB drive to show how to build Camino and Firefox from source and I needed to start from scratch to install the screen capture software and show the steps involved to building your own web browser. Glad you enjoyed it.
dell1032 4 years ago