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sudo rm -rf / in OS X

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This is what happens when you invoke sudo rm -rf / in Terminal.app as Mac OS X is actively running. Some unusual behavior occurs as the OS swallows its own tail which can be seen toward the end of the video.

Channel: Howto & Style
Uploaded: September 20, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Author: dell1032

Length: 08:19
Rating: 3.86
Views: 28991

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calrogman (August 29, 2008 at 10:10 pm)
If only Windows could be "cleaned up" so easily, it would make swapping to linux easy.
cadefulp (August 26, 2008 at 4:26 am)
Umm you have amac?
Etni3s (August 25, 2008 at 8:33 pm)
ZOOM OUT!
TheBitingPear (August 25, 2008 at 6:56 pm)
You just saved me the trouble of running a VM
duncanyoyo1 (August 18, 2008 at 3:27 am)
aptitide -v moo aptitude -vv moo aptitude -vvv moo aptitude -vvvv moo aptitude -vvvvv moo Now THATS interesting ( may not worn on OS X unless you somehow install aptitude, it will work on ann Debian based OS's ( Like Ubuntu )
UbuntuLee (August 14, 2008 at 6:40 pm)
I don't know... thats probably Bios.
hellogoodbyethankyou (August 13, 2008 at 1:05 pm)
why didn't it delete the flashing folder thing.. please reply
DZ3maximus (August 12, 2008 at 2:43 am)
you might be able to restore it by using a running computer with some software that will allow you to restore the lost data.
reine00x (August 6, 2008 at 10:50 am)
Nice tip on the backups. To bad you didn't unmount the drive first, all your backups will ge gone. :p I hope you have them also on an external hdd.
movemycow (August 4, 2008 at 7:35 am)
you don't, you even deleted the thing with which you were deleting things

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