Re: Delete All Your Files

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From: nra... Daniel Briggs
Date: Sun, 02 Sep 1990 08:07

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In article <DAVEG.90S...@near.cs.caltech.edu> da...@near.cs.caltech.edu
(Dave Gillespie) writes:
>[A cute story about a bug which formats a hard disk.  Makes it take a while
> to find.]

Not directly relevant, but I am reminded of the cardinal rule about writing
MS-DOS device drivers.

*ALWAYS* test your driver on a floppy before installing it on your hard disk.

Same basic idea.

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Subject: Re: Delete All Your Files
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