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| Message-ID | <691c12b7@news.ausics.net> (permalink) |
|---|---|
| From | Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> |
| Subject | Re: Taming The Data Destroyer |
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| References | <10fe1ec$ipc8$1@dont-email.me> <87a50k5yt3.fsf@atr2.ath.cx> <691b8e3b@news.ausics.net> <yCqdnWgzYNaxKob0nZ2dnZfqn_GdnZ2d@giganews.com> |
| Date | 2025-11-18 16:31 +1000 |
| Organization | Ausics - https://newsgroups.ausics.net |
c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote: > On 11/17/25 16:06, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: >> jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> wrote: >>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes: >>>> The "lsblk" command can be handy for confirming which block device you >>>> should be writing to >>> What, you don't parse /proc/partitions yourself? >> >> I like "fdisk -l". The "lsblk" output is more condensed, but that >> also makes it easier to get mixed up between lines. On a system >> with lots of drives/partitions the "lsblk" output is obviously >> better, but I'd double check with "fdisk -l /dev/[drive]" before >> doing something as serious as writing over a partition's contents. > > Linux has several commands that can do total > damage instantly. Wrong use of 'fdisk' is one > of those No fdisk won't do damage instantly when you just run one command from the command line, modifying partitions is done in its interactive mode. You can't stuff things up just by attempting an "fdisk -l". -- __ __ #_ < |\| |< _#
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Re: Taming The Data Destroyer c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-11-17 21:08 -0500
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Re: Taming The Data Destroyer jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> - 2025-11-17 12:55 -0500
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-11-18 07:06 +1000
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Re: Taming The Data Destroyer The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-18 15:30 +0000
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Re: Taming The Data Destroyer Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-11-18 19:35 +0000
Re: Taming The Data Destroyer not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-11-19 06:48 +1000
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Re: Taming The Data Destroyer The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-11-18 12:12 +0000
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