Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 19 Jul 1996 07:00:36 +0000 (GMT) | From | Phillip <> | Subject | Re: Dumping /dev/zero to the console |
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On Thu, 18 Jul 1996, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> > Here is a neat trick to make your linux box essentially unusable: > > On linux console, even as a non-priv user, do a: > > % dd if=/dev/zero bs=1024k > > Now switch to another console (or even X) and try to do anything useful > and see how the box behaves. Same result with v1.2.13 and v2.0.7 kernel. > > Paul. > > >
Uh, I just tried it and NOTHING special happened....
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