Help with a little dd damage!

[Lamar Owen]

On Wednesday 27 February 2008, Brian Chadwick wrote:
> sorry ... dd is final ... it did what you said as a root user. dont you
> love linux ... it does EXACTLY what you say when you are root.

That reminds me of an old poem I read in the mid-80's:

"I hate this old machine
I wish that they would sell it
It never does what I want
But only what I tell it."

-- 
Lamar Owen
www.pari.edu