On 1 Apr 2024, at 18:21, Thomas Cameron <thomas.cameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On 4/1/24 00:25, Javier Perez wrote: >> When I realize I need to nuke my machine and start over, it's: >> sudo -i >> dmesg > /dev/nvme1n1 >> systemctl reboot >> Choose the right kickstart from the menu. >> Refill coffee. >> Go back to working as if nothing happened. My home directory is there >> and my machine is reset to sane defaults. >> -- Thomas >> Neat! Is there a tutorial somewhere about how to do this? > Not that I know of. I saw it in some article decades ago. Basically, what you're doing is overwriting the first few k of the disk, which overwrites the boot instructions and partitions and the like. I tend to dd of a few MiB of zeros over the front of the disk. A few KiB is often not enough. In some cases you also need to overwrite at the end of the disk I have been told. Barry > > Unless you're talking about kickstart or something else? > - > - > Thomas > -- > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
