I haven't verified this and don't have a system handy to do so....
On #debian IRC, someone's just reported that he left the Debian install
disk in his (powered down) system. Mom came along, booted the system,
kept hitting <enter>, and ended up wiping out the root (and only)
partition on the system.
If this is true, I'd recommend that the installer be strutured so that
some affirmative action _other_ than simply hitting _enter_ be necessary
to irrevocably change system state. No, we can't protect ourselves
against smart idiots, but we should be able to hold of the stupid idiots
for a while.
Peace.
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