On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 12:21 PM 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.
>
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> 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.
Unless you're talking about kickstart or something else?
I was talking about kickstart
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