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As with iterative rm, that dd would have to exclude the mount stream running
down to the dd command and save that for last if you really wanted to flat
the system. So I think iterative rm with rm excluded is the superior system
destroyer. The dd from null is probably faster though, so as a performance
study a combination using dd for all but the mount streams including dd and
then iterative rm restricted from deleting rm on the rm mount stream might
be best.
Oh! -- maybe copy dd to /, then whack all but / until the end. Really getting rid of EVERYTHING is a bit trickier that it seems at first glance.
mwf
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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org
[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Bobak, Mark
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 11:10 AM
To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: RE: Unix Question
I was be: surprised, confused, angry.....
And I would have learned an important lesson about wielding root access = without thought to consequences.
Better to learn that lesson so soon after starting to play with Linux = than after you're responsible for a production system.
And let's remember, ultimately, we're talking about a reboot here!! =
It's not the end of the world. The system isn't coming down in flames. =
The consequences are pretty benign, if you think about it. It's not =
like he said "dd if=3D/dev/null of=3D`grep oracle /etc/fstab|awk '{ =
print $1 }'`".
And, to make sure I'm not labeled an evil anarchist, ATTENTION!! DO NOT =
RUN THE PRECEDING "dd" COMMAND ON YOUR SYSTEM, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!
Worst case, it's a reboot......
-Mark
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Jared Still
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 10:55 AM
To: Oracle-L Freelists
Subject: Re: Unix Question
On Mon, 2004-06-28 at 04:40, jtesta_at_dmc-it.com wrote:
> Jared, dont you think that someone who HAS root would know what that =
does?
>=20
No, I don't. A lot of people are using linux with Oracle,=20 and it is their first experience with a unix system.
If you just spent a couple days setting up linux and oracle for the first time, and you followed this advice, just how would you feel about it?
Jared
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