On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 02:45:11PM +0100, Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote: > On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 21:35:31 +0800 > paragasu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > now i am wondering. whether it is because the command i just executed > > or my hard disk is really dying? > > It could be either. The command you typed effectively formatted the > disk.
Minor correction... Any command which directly writes to a disk's device file and writes something other than a valid file system effectively de-formats[1] the disk. Re-formatting provides a usable (if empty) filesystem. De-formatting provides an unusable disk, at least until it is re-formatted. [1] I would say "unformat", but that term has been widely used to mean something other than "cause the disk to no longer be formatted". -- News aggregation meets world domination. Can you see the fnews? http://seethefnews.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
