I have yet to destroy my computer using gparted
Though that’s 100% possible, Bringus actually destroyed his system drive on a laptop by being impatient while using gparted www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0T9SiUVvHk
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phanto@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
Everyone is going to tell you to use dd. dd if=/dev/oldsdcard of=/dev/newsdcard
Personally, I have actually eaten an entire system by getting the wrong /dev names for the input file and the output file.
Gparted lets you copy whole partitions and resize them, and is graphical. I have yet to destroy my computer using gparted, but I’ve definitely done so with dd. (I’m also an idiot though, so…)
Sorse@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
phanto@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
No! You shouldn’t have told me that it could be done! Now, the next time I launch gparted, I’ll somehow manage to wipe everything! Not just my system, but, like, all my systems! If it can be broken on a computer, I’ll be the one to break it!
random_character_a@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Yeah, but if you fuck up with dd, you get to install new linux and possibly try another distro.
Like kid in a candy store.
colourlesspony@pawb.social 4 days ago
Also, accidentally deleting all your valuable data with without a working backup is valuable lesson that I like to take the time to re-learn every few years.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
It’s a rite of passage that every linux user should experience at least 3 times.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 days ago
You don’t host all your personal projects in an off-prem git repo?