Although in all seriousness, my desktop has both: a 512 GB NVMe where the OS and apps are installed and a 2 TB 7200 rpm HDD where I dump data and some slower games.
Though, why formating a partition when it's completely overriden in the very next command. Also you won't be able to boot it anyways, you should flash the entire disk, not a partition.
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youRFate@feddit.de · 71 pts · 3y
Why would you put a file system on the drive if you dd a disto image?
gogosempai@programming.dev · 31 pts · 3y
Not needed, just an extra step to fill up step 2 in this meme format.
scytale@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 3y
Maybe “fdisk -l” could be the first panel, then move the original to the second panel.
gogosempai@programming.dev · 4 pts · 3y
Much better, didn't think of that at the time.
youRFate@feddit.de · 3 pts · 3y
lsblkOctopus1348@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
I've also seen this meme format having the same text on the third and fourth pane.
grue@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
Well it would, except it was stored on
/dev/sda1...valkyre09@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Me staring blankly for two panes trying to figure out what happened works too :-)
XTL@sopuli.xyz · 15 pts · 3y
He didn't. But yes, the joke doesn't really work here.
flauschke@kbin.flauschke.de · 51 pts · 3y
disk destroyer strikes again
zurohki@aussie.zone · 18 pts · 3y
I heard it was called Data Destroyer.
567PrimeMover@kbin.social · 12 pts · 3y
The beast goes by many names
n00b001@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Dick destroyer
outdated_belated@lemmy.sdf.org · 38 pts · 3y
Nothing happened because he forgot to uncomment the commands
im_stuff.jpgAndrew15_5@mander.xyz · 22 pts · 3y
#is for rootjroid8@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
I have been using Linux for 3 years,
And I just learned this from your comment
Andrew15_5@mander.xyz · 6 pts · 3y
That's kind of great, because root is not intended for regular users.
Naz@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y
How can that be true when nearly every command asks for root, including regular system updates? E.g: Sudo apt-get upgrade
Crashumbc@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
That's what "sudo" does, it basically means run this as if you were logged in as root.
gogosempai@programming.dev · 28 pts · 3y
ALWAYS be careful of the disk names you give to dd as input.
produnis@discuss.tchncs.de · 15 pts · 3y
skookumasfrig@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 3y
There's a reason they call 'dd' Data Destroyer!
alnilam@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Can you dd over a still mounted disk?
bdonvr@thelemmy.club · 11 pts · 3y
Probably, dd doesn't care. dd does what it is told.
Though there would probably be some weird effects.
marche_ck@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Took me a whole to realize
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 25 pts · 3y
[X] I ran dd and now my computer won't boot
bdonvr@thelemmy.club · 10 pts · 3y
Sure it will, to the iso you just overwrote your boot drive with lmao
zurohki@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 3y
If the ISO was on his boot drive, dd might have broken the partition before it finished reading the file.
It's a reference to the Arch Linux fuck-up assessment form anyway.
nexussapphire@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 3y
You guys are still using SATA?
gogosempai@programming.dev · 4 pts · 3y
Shhh let's pretend we are for Groo's sake here.
Although in all seriousness, my desktop has both: a 512 GB NVMe where the OS and apps are installed and a 2 TB 7200 rpm HDD where I dump data and some slower games.
nexussapphire@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 3y
It's insane how much more affordable NVMEs are. When I got my 2tb it was almost three times as much as it is now.
azvasKvklenko@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 3y
Though, why formating a partition when it's completely overriden in the very next command. Also you won't be able to boot it anyways, you should flash the entire disk, not a partition.
gogosempai@programming.dev · 12 pts · 3y
Not needed, just an extra step to fill up step 2 in this meme format.
Raimu@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 3y
After wiping a backup drive, I decided to only use
/dev/disk/{by-id,by-label}/now, it is longer, but much less error prone.DoomBot5@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
That's what tab complete is for.
LetterboxPancake@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 3y
It's ok though, you had a backup. Right? You had a backup?
valkyre09@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
[insert Anakin & Padme meme]
sharkfucker420@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 3y
Where my Linux 😔
CryptoKitten@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 3y
This is dumb, the is no point in using mkfs just before dding an ISO on a drive, even if it is the wrong one.
gogosempai@programming.dev · 1 pts · 3y
That was just an extra step to fit this 4 layer meme format. fdisk -l on the first would have been better instead as others have pointed out.
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y
That, but also the canvas on the last 2 could have just been blank too. It's common in this format, and also makes sense
EddyBot@feddit.de · 2 pts · 3y
cp distro.iso /dev/sdX
snor10@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 3y
destroydisk