Generally, don’t just copy paste things you find online.
Something else to be aware of and stay away from is “rm -rf /” which will delete everything on your computer, including your operating system. Naturally this will crash the computer and you will not be able to start it again.
(You should be able to boot from a usb stick though.)
@BaardFigur My dude, I understand and celebrate the memes, but please understand that linux first time using is a sensitve period in people’s lives and the reach of modern social media means there is some x% of users who will have a bad time, because they saw that meme and took it seriously.
@wgs
Generally, don’t just copy paste things you find online.
Something else to be aware of and stay away from is “rm -rf /” which will delete everything on your computer, including your operating system. Naturally this will crash the computer and you will not be able to start it again.
(You should be able to boot from a usb stick though.)
Always remove the french language pack
@BaardFigur My dude, I understand and celebrate the memes, but please understand that linux first time using is a sensitve period in people’s lives and the reach of modern social media means there is some x% of users who will have a bad time, because they saw that meme and took it seriously.
It’s a statistical guarantee.
Always read mails really fast
I just tried your command and it yields a lot of
Permission denied
. Is it expected or your command is incomplete ?@wgs I really hope you’re trolling. Don’t do that.
Yes, this is expected and means the regular safeties are working. Don’t turn those off please.
Nevermind I figured it out, you gotta use
sudo
for it to work properly !Lies, if you actually did that you would know you need the --no-preserve-root flag
sudo cat /dev/urandom > /dev/sda*
it does not work, it says
permission denied
. Is there anything I should do ?sudo cat /dev/urandom > /dev/*
Or
sudo dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/sda bs=4k conv=notrunc,noerror
P.s.
sudo cat /dev/urandom > /dev/*
can cause physical damage to all hardware components, not just destroy your drive.sudo cat
is pointless here, better doAs a bonus it’ll scramble your terminal 💪
Can you elaborate how it can cause physical damage?
Not with busybox’s
rm
🤘sudo rm -rf / --no-preserve-root
and your password to delete the french language pack :3