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  MLO, 7 Nov 2001 @ 6:35am

  
  

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  I would have to say, if I were a teacher, I'd make sure I had a bare bones system installed by my desk. Nothing fancy, just a standard PC.
  Then I'd make this a mandatory rule: If you cannot turn in an assignment on the day that it is due, because "the hard drive crashed/ate my homework", you must bring in the offending part. If I can throw said part into my bare bones system, and make it boot up, you fail the assignment. If you don't bring in the hard drive in question, you fail the assignment.
  Good thing I'm not a teacher.
  MLO

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    Anonymous Coward, 7 Nov 2001 @ 2:12pm

    
    

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    Like who doesn't have a bunch of old dead 500M hard drives lying around?
    
    dd is a great tool for making them unbootable.
    

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