Re: Cautionary tale: how to kill an SDCard with one simple command
On Saturday 21 July 2018 07:46:38 Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote:
> I wanted to do a bit of low-level maintenance yesterday evening on a
> TinkerBoard (Rockchip RK3288) running Stretch, so as an old PC hand I
> ran telinit 1 At that point the SDCard became a boat anchor.
>
> Now I'm obviously not entirely sure about this, and it /could/ be an
> unfortunate coincidence. But unless absolutely sure, it might be a
> hack best avoided.
I've used 'ssh -Y user@hostname' for that telnet connection for ages, and
cannot recall toasting an SD card doing it. I also use an sshfs mount
for moving stuff around. It seems to work for me with a lot less hassle
than an nfsv4 mount ever has. ymmv of course.
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