<html><head><base href="x-msg://1400/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">A hung system can be freed by two different methods....<div>#1 Heat the system gently with a blowtorch. When the case becomes a dull red , you may have succeeded.</div><div>#2 Drop from a second floor window onto pavement. If this does work , repeat.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>On Apr 1, 2011, at 12:47 PM, David L. Willson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Monaco; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div><div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Wow. Hey. I tried that, and it just hung my sys-....<br><br>David L. Willson<br>Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast<br>RHCE MCT MCSE Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 NovellCLA UbuntuCP<br><a href="tel://720.333.LANS">tel://720.333.LANS</a><br>Freedom is better when you earn it. Learn Linux.<br><br>----- "Will" <<a href="mailto:will.sterling@gmail.com">will.sterling@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> While on the topic of obscure and convenient commands. Few people know that when logged in a root a great way to read through all of the system mail for root is "rm -rf /*" < it is short for Read Mail -real fast the /* is a regular expression to find all of root's mail in the mail spool.<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><div class="gmail_quote">> On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 11:40 AM,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dennisjperkins@comcast.net" target="_blank">dennisjperkins@comcast.net</a>></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br>><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex; position: static; z-index: auto; "><div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">><div class="im">> /dev/null is a fantastic backup device. Not many people know that. I<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> would suggest:<br>> cp -a / /dev/null<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> null means 'backup' in Swedish (Linus' mother tongue.) and will show up<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> in Windows 7 as 'old_linux_backup'<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> _______________________________________________<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>></div>Want to give a talk on this? :)<br>></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></span></div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></font></blockquote></div></body></html>