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minus-squarerickywithanm@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAnd what exactly does that command do?
minus-squareBlueKey@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoDeletes all the files in the root-dir recursively (needs sudo). Without sudo all user-accessible files will be removed. This will also affect all mounted drives (like USB-Drives, …) and on some motherbords can also corrupt the UEFI.
minus-squareQvest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIf the UEFI is corrupted is there a way to even boot a Live Environment?
minus-squareBlueKey@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoIf you run a faulty UEFI-implementation then rm can turn you PC into a decorative pice of PCB. See this answer.
And what exactly does that command do?
Deletes all the files in the root-dir recursively (needs
sudo
).Without sudo all user-accessible files will be removed.
This will also affect all mounted drives (like USB-Drives, …) and on some motherbords can also corrupt the UEFI.
If the UEFI is corrupted is there a way to even boot a Live Environment?
If you run a faulty UEFI-implementation then
rm
can turn you PC into a decorative pice of PCB.See this answer.