Hi all,

I’m having a bad day and did something colossally stupid, deleting everything from /boot/.

The system is still running. What do you think my best course of action is?

My current idea is to create a timeshift backup, reinstall debian from USB, then restore from backup in timeshift

If this won’t work or you have a better idea I would really appreciate your advice.

Thanks in advance

  • @PloppEnglish
    5•1 month ago

    Then to confirm it would restore the system, I deleted everything on root path. as in /

    I’m a noob, so forgive me if I’m being very ignorant here, but how on earth could that be a good idea? It sounds like “in order to see if I’ve installed these airbags correctly I shall now crash head first into this concrete bridge foundation at max speed”?

    • @[email protected]English
      4•1 month ago

      I’m assuming it’s a fresh install, so nothing of value was lost if the restore failed. But also I’ve heard attempting to delete things in /sys and /dev can brick your computer. So it’s not a great idea.

    • @dis_honestfamiliarEnglish
      1•1 month ago

      I’m not so sure your analogy works. Unless you are testing to see how fast you can bring a new test dummy into production. Or you are testing to see how fast you can install new airbags with blemishes and all.

      It gave me a reason to finally run the command that <insert something amazing here> by recursively deleting everything.

      • @PloppEnglish
        1•1 month ago

        It sounded like you were testing the (one and only) backup in a live environment is all.