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July 23, 2022, 5:31pm
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Stagger_Lee:
May I suggest that you replace /dev/sda
in this example with /dev/sdX
? Then note that the X should be replaced with the appropriate identifier for the USB flash drive.
The reason being that it’s not uncommon for less-experienced users to blindly copy and paste a command into their terminal, and pasting that command will likely lead to unintended consequences.
You’ve got a point, thanks. Did as you suggested.
Now let’s just hope that none of those “less-experienced users” that blindly copy and paste commands see the original, still unchanged command you quoted and blindly copy and paste this from your post …
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Good point; I have simply deleted my post, as it’s no longer necessary .
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pebcak
July 23, 2022, 5:41pm
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Now just wait for the first topic asking for help for the following error:
error: device not found: /dev/sdX
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Can new users be awarded this?
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pebcak
July 23, 2022, 5:44pm
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Sure, but they got to work hard for it!
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I’m pretty sure I would have been allegiable for a few of those a few years (months/days) back…
I know you’re blowing off some steam.
Thanks!
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Yeah, but at least it’s better to get an error message than nuking their installation .
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rjz
July 24, 2022, 8:45pm
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I’m surprised it took that long for a bloat comment from you.