I get nervous using `dd` to copy to a USB drive, `/dev/sdb`. It's one misplaced bit away from disaster.
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@jb9i@propensive does it work on mounted drives anyway ? I don't think so... But I won't try to check ;-)
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@propensive@jb9i@mslinn once I did a 'rm - rf /var'. Good times... -
@aloiscochard@propensive@mslinn once a co-worker did a 'rm - rf /$TMP_DIR', and, as you guessed, TMP_DIR was not initialized... - Show replies
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@propensive@aloiscochard@jb9i@mslinn Drives should be dismounted before using dd; single user mode is next best optionThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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