On 4/1/24 00:25, Javier Perez wrote:
>     When I realize I need to nuke my machine and start over, it's:
>
>     sudo -i
>     dmesg > /dev/nvme1n1
>     systemctl reboot
>     Choose the right kickstart from the menu.
>     Refill coffee.
>     Go back to working as if nothing happened. My home directory is there
>     and my machine is reset to sane defaults.
>
>     --
>     Thomas
>
>
> Neat! Is there a tutorial somewhere about how to do this?
Not that I know of. I saw it in some article decades ago. Basically,
what you're doing is overwriting the first few k of the disk, which
overwrites the boot instructions and partitions and the like.

Unless you're talking about kickstart or something else?

--
Thomas
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