[clug] dd
Brett Worth
brett at worth.id.au
Sun Apr 11 00:36:42 MDT 2010
On 04/11/2010 04:21 PM, Alan Vidler wrote:
>
> On 11/04/2010 3:48 PM Owen sent:
>>> Note to self/all: be sure of which partition you're dd'ing to, before
>>> you do
>>> it. Also be aware partition names can change between different
>>> installs of
>>> Debian.
>>>
>>> :(
>
>> Also don't do an rm -rf as root from root. Six months work down the
>> drain!
>
> In similar theme, it is also not good to do an rm -rf of /bin as
> root when you are in Canberra, the target machine is in Brisbane,
> and the most computer literate person there needs to be told that
> Return and Enter keys can be regarded as equivalent...
And never go swimming straight after eating...
Brett
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