For me it is not recording credentials with the assumption I would simply remember them later, while having every opportunity to archive them before eventually forgetting. Also, not keeping detailed enough notes & photos of exactly how my hardware is attached.

    • chaosCruiser@futurology.todayEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Now you know why it’s called the Disk Destroyer.

      Before using dd, I prefer to run lsblk first so that I can see what each disk is called. Before pressing enter, I also double check the names with the lsblk output.

      • Daniel Quinn@lemmy.caEnglish
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        6 months ago

        TIL about using lsblk instead of just reading through the output of journalctl to find the disk and partitions. Thanks!