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| From | jayjwa <jayjwa@atr2.ath.cx.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Taming The Data Destroyer |
| Date | 2025-11-17 12:55 -0500 |
| Organization | Atr2 RG 2025 |
| Message-ID | <87a50k5yt3.fsf@atr2.ath.cx> (permalink) |
| References | <10fe1ec$ipc8$1@dont-email.me> |
Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
> The command has been nicknamed the “data destroyer”, because while
> doing sector-level copies as root, it can be all too easy to write to
> the wrong device, and destroy an important filesystem.
This is likely because new users come to Linux and don't know what they
are doing and end up just running commands they see online that might
not pertain to their system's setup. This, or Windows users write to the
wrong device, not being familiar with Linux block devices. "rm -rf" (or
just "rm") can be pointed in the wrong place just as easy when run as root.
There's a Windows IRC channel that says something to the effect of
"don't use dd to write images!" in the channel topic.
> The “lsblk” command can be handy for confirming which block device you
> should be writing to
What, you don't parse /proc/partitions yourself?
> Interestingly, both Western Digital and Seagate drives show the vendor
> as “ATA”
I see that here with my WDC, too. Odd. The USB stick shows "Memorex" as
it should.
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