0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agoAnd that is why snapshots existsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1658arrow-down128file-text
arrow-up1630arrow-down1imageAnd that is why snapshots existsh.itjust.works0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 months agomessage-square89fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCriticalMiss@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·7 months agoI never deleted my root system with rm but I did dd go sda instead of sdb and ended up losing my data.
minus-square0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-27 months agoWith great power comes great responsibility. Do check twice what you write. Jokes aside, it has happened to almost everyone… and then you learn to QUADRUPLE CHECK dd commands.
minus-squarevoxel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 months agoor just don’t attach any drives except the main one to your system. ever.
minus-square0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoThat’s a very bleak future… at least for me.
minus-squarePete90@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-27 months agoI did, and it was fast. I was a complete noob, so I thought rm -rf /* would delete everything in the current folder. I hit Ctrl + C, but it was too late. Took a few seconds to wipe out the whole system.
I never deleted my root system with rm but I did dd go sda instead of sdb and ended up losing my data.
Holy shit, me too. 6TiB poof
With great power comes great responsibility. Do check twice what you write.
Jokes aside, it has happened to almost everyone… and then you learn to QUADRUPLE CHECK dd commands.
or just don’t attach any drives except the main one to your system. ever.
That’s a very bleak future… at least for me.
I did, and it was fast. I was a complete noob, so I thought rm -rf /* would delete everything in the current folder. I hit Ctrl + C, but it was too late. Took a few seconds to wipe out the whole system.