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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Anyone else been burned by getting the /dev/sdX letter wrong? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm getting into single board computers, and I've overwritten my external hard drive twice now trying to flash OS images to SD cards (good thing my important data is backed up). To be fair, it's totally my fault, but I'm curious if anyone else has done this.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

No but when configuring dual-boot, I've deleted the Windows root or boot partition several times. Took me a bit to learn how to boot Windows with systemd-boot. I don't write any ISO's from my PC anymore. I use an app on my Android called EtchDroid. It'll write any Linux ISO I've put through it. You just have to format the SD card in device care first.

I started doing this because I've rendered my system unbootable in the past. I bought an external USB-C to SD card adapter and it's saved me a few times. Now that I built my system and configured it, I don't have this issue. I used to keep multiple ISO's on my Android I could write within seconds and then boot on my PC. dd is great if you have a system you keep ISO's on