I can't believe I did that
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- ChefIronBelly
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I can't believe I did that
It was late last night low light conditions (that's my story sticking with it)
I went to put some music on and thought I have moc up but instead had mc up. Well that didn't work so well, and the message was something about missing driver or something. I spent 10 minutes chasing my tail before I realized what I had done.
Anybody else want to confess?
I went to put some music on and thought I have moc up but instead had mc up. Well that didn't work so well, and the message was something about missing driver or something. I spent 10 minutes chasing my tail before I realized what I had done.
Anybody else want to confess?
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Re: I can't believe I did that
Umm, no?
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Sure
...and the USB was /dev/sdb.
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dd if=linuxbbq_coal.iso of=/dev/sda
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Re: I can't believe I did that
Did the same exact thing as Joe 'bout two years ago. Bad times.
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Re: I can't believe I did that
I also did the dd to sda mistake. It's documented in the forums somewhere.
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Re: I can't believe I did that
I'm sure my OS missteps could fill a large book. Fortunately, I have forgotten them.
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sudo rm -r /*/share/
wow that was effective, certainly got rid of the files.
Re: I can't believe I did that
You are no real Linux user if you never f**ked up your sda with dd. Been there, done that, haven't found the t-shirt yet.
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Re: I can't believe I did that
^ Actually I did not fuck up wit dd *yet*. But then I started to use it later in my Linux career, already prepared with the horror stories in mind.
But sure I did something stupid, too, but like Bones I cannot remember what.
But sure I did something stupid, too, but like Bones I cannot remember what.
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^ this because apparently Bones, Ivo and myself hold the same philosophy when it comes to Linux mistakes: if you make a really stupid mistake, drink heavily, and forgetaboutit.
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^ Heheh, I normally do those steps in the reverse order. 8)
not limited to linux mistakes either.
not limited to linux mistakes either.
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Re: I can't believe I did that
As a thumb of rule ;) always test your commands without "sudo" or "su" :D
And if you change the content of files: comment, comment, comment :)
And if you change the content of files: comment, comment, comment :)
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Re: I can't believe I did that
If they had a most wanted list for killing a mbr I would close to the top. I guess the bright side is you learn to recover fast from about anything.
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Killing and fixing the MBR is something that should be taught in schools. I shot it at least 10 times, or even more. Especially at dual-boot times, back in the 1970s :D
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Re: I can't believe I did that
^ true dat
So how many ops in your grub now? me only 4 you must have a shite load.
Back in the DOS days I went to format a floppy disk. Some how ended up formatting C: Ooops and it was a customers computer.
So how many ops in your grub now? me only 4 you must have a shite load.
Back in the DOS days I went to format a floppy disk. Some how ended up formatting C: Ooops and it was a customers computer.
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On the laptop 6 OS', on the desktop only 17 (after my main HDD committed suicide -- no, wasn't a fucked MBR) - actually every newer BBQ spin gets its own partition, and I have some other OS' running, too.
Fucking up the customers computer is bad style :D Are you working as PC tech?
Fucking up the customers computer is bad style :D Are you working as PC tech?
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Re: I can't believe I did that
Ok, I have one anecdote but it is from my childhood. I once installed Opensuse I think it was, on a Windows machine, of course I got all that partitioning wrong and Suse ate the whole home computer. Luckily my father had a friend that fixed the machine. He asked me what I did and I said, nothing, the computer just do not boot anymore. I have no idea what he thought, he just installed Windows again. Sure is, he saw that I tried to partition the hard disk.
That was my very very first step into Linux, a big fail. :D Many many years later I did it again and also deleted Windows entirely but on purpose, the rest is history.
That was my very very first step into Linux, a big fail. :D Many many years later I did it again and also deleted Windows entirely but on purpose, the rest is history.
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