You&#x27;re missing the end of that quote:<p>&gt; But beyond that: root can do anything really.<p>... so running &quot;rm -rf &#x2F;&quot; as root <i>should</i> brick your motherboard because it&#x27;s the responsibility of the motherboard manufacturer to protect against this. That&#x27;s all fine and dandy in an idealized world, but in the &quot;real world&quot; there are going to be motherboard manufacturers that play fast and loose with these things.