On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 8:43 AM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 10:35 AM, paragasu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > well, i just did an experiments on my old pentum III computer. > > one of the slave hardisk listed as /dev/sdb1 (EXT2) and /dev/sdb2(SWAP) > > i run the command /dev/null > /dev/sdb1 and suddently, > > i cannot cannot read or mount my /dev/sdb1 anymore even after i restart my > > computer few times. i have message saying media failure or disk I/O error. > > What exactly did you run? > > /dev/null is not executable, so you cannot run it and redirect the > output somewhere else.
The problem is that the file is opened before the commands are executed. Try: thiscommanddoesnotexist > /tmp/test ls -lha /tmp/test Perhaps an EOF was written? N.- -- http://arhuaco.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
