Stomata@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoI still like this memesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square114fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageI still like this memesh.itjust.worksStomata@sh.itjust.works to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square114fedilink
minus-squareTrainguyrom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agorm -rf / only deletes everything on the / partition and any currently mounted filesystems, since efi is its own partition and not mounted it wouldn’t be touched
minus-squaregandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months ago not mounted I agree with you, the EFI variables shouldn’t be mounted by default. Unfortunately, on some systems, they are. There was even a huge fight about that. I’m too lazy to look it up now, though.
rm -rf /only deletes everything on the / partition and any currently mounted filesystems, since efi is its own partition and not mounted it wouldn’t be touchedI agree with you, the EFI variables shouldn’t be mounted by default. Unfortunately, on some systems, they are.
There was even a huge fight about that. I’m too lazy to look it up now, though.