Hello Viktor.

16 Sep 04 16:29, you wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE:

 VP> Hello WAYNE!

 VP> 13 Sep 04 18:34, you wrote to MAURICE KINAL:

 WC>> -=> MAURICE KINAL wrote to WAYNE CHIRNSIDE <=-

 WC>> One thing to not try to do is cp filename.txt /dev/hda1 
 WC>> Back when playing around with an early Slackware I made no such
 WC>> mistake but I dunnit on Knoppix when overly tired.
 WC>> I knew even before I attempted to reboot that I'd made a big boo
 WC>> boo and the dual boot and operating systems were history and of
 WC>> course that was right as it's exactly what I'd told the system to
 WC>> do :-(

 VP> Hmm, my cp will simply replace the device node with the file, which
 VP> can be painfull bud definetly not lethal to the content of the
 VP> device... or am i missing something?

hmm, that's not what happens here. (yep just tested it on /dev/fd0)
definately copies the file into the device.

Jasen

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