joeldebruijn

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[โ€“] joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah agree, its a work provided laptop, they allowed local admin etc but require Windows (at least that is) so just glad they gave me a HP laptop with 500GB SSD and for me certain freedom to configure dual boot etc

[โ€“] joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Got chills down my spine initially but was a "good" scare .... the one which makes me carefull next time before any real damage is done. ๐Ÿ™ˆ๐Ÿ‘

[โ€“] joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Strange thing is, instead of moving folders (which isnt possible without root anyway) it looked like some of them got copied instead. Compared some folders from /boot/grub with the dump in my homefolder and they were the same files (number and names etc).

[โ€“] joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

I took a deep breath (was not being root, how bad could it be?) and rebooted. Luckily everything seemed fine.

Grub letting me choose between Debian and Win11 (its a laptop from my employer) and both booted if choosen. Thanks for all the advice.

[โ€“] joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

If the actual command was this .... mv /*/*/* ./ would moving stuff out of /boot or /dev folders make more sense?

[โ€“] joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Ah, keen eye, corrected the title and body text to match the screenshot. (From terminal history so I think thats what I actually ran)

[โ€“] joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Oh that worked, thnx!!

[โ€“] joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I only have a backup of my own personal files, not of the whole system. So my question about impact is about not having to do a fresh install.

Also I have dual boot and grub etc do scare me. ๐Ÿ˜

I didnt work as root by the way ...

[โ€“] joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Ouch ... feel so stupid.

[โ€“] joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah, I was no root .... that should lower the impact ...

[โ€“] joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (10 children)

Yeah, I see, command wildcard asterix being markdown bold. Original command:

[โ€“] joeldebruijn@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

https://archive.ph/onvsX For article without the trackers etc

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