Article 12M43 Little warning: Deleting the wrong files may brick your Linux PC

Little warning: Deleting the wrong files may brick your Linux PC

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Story ImageDon't run rm -rf / as a laugh to clean your filesystem on a ham-fisted UEFI machine

Here's a friendly warning from El Reg: don't wipe the wrong directory from your Linux system, or you may end up bricking the computer. This has happened to people, we're told."

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