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Provide a way to wipe drives #238

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Un1q32 opened this issue Sep 9, 2022 · 9 comments
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Provide a way to wipe drives #238

Un1q32 opened this issue Sep 9, 2022 · 9 comments
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@Un1q32
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Un1q32 commented Sep 9, 2022

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
If I break my linux install I want to be able to restore it to its default state instead of having to get a new drive.
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I think when a hard drive with linux already on it is placed in a grid with a scrench it should revert it back to a normal hard drive with no data.

@Un1q32 Un1q32 added the enhancement New feature or request label Sep 9, 2022
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atirut-w commented Sep 9, 2022

But then where would you install it from?

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Un1q32 commented Sep 9, 2022

@atirut-w placing a drive without linux on it would make it a linux drive, but if it already had linux on it it would be wiped.

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atirut-w commented Sep 9, 2022

Determining if a disk have Linux might be tricky

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Un1q32 commented Sep 10, 2022

Determining if a disk have Linux might be tricky

there is litterally a seperate item for disks with linux

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Yes but once you use them they becomes different. Maybe there are new files, dotfiles, etc. IIRC, these disks have a sort of template filesystem that becomes normal disk with a copy of those templates, sort of like burning an ISO file onto a disk.

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Un1q32 commented Sep 10, 2022

@atirut-w yeah ik. Using a scrench would destroy everything on it. It already does it just only works one way.

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Keep fresh Sedna Linux drive as a backup, and if you mess up your working drive, boot from backup drive and do dd if=/dev/vda of=/dev/vdb

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Un1q32 commented Sep 21, 2022

Keep fresh Sedna Linux drive as a backup, and if you mess up your working drive, boot from backup drive and do dd if=/dev/vda of=/dev/vdb

That works but I shouldn't have to keep a backup drive all the time it should be built into the mod.

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I wish I could install Linux on an empty hard drive with a wrench IRL...

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