On 2026-10-19 04:24, David Wright wrote:
No. The critical problem is with specifying the destination,
as it's important this is precisely correct. If you get the
source wrong, you can in most cases just repeat the operation
after correcting the command.
The idea behind using Thomas's xorriso-dd-target script in his
Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:32:06 +0200 post is that it makes a number
of checks that are unlikely to be true for anything other than
"removable devices with disposable content" (from the manpage).
If wisely concerned that the device you are going to write to is what
you think it is.
apart from using xorriso
lsblk --list-columns gives options to put after "-o"
eg. lsblk -o NAME,VENDOR,FSTYPE,LABEL,SIZE,TYPE,MOUNTPOINTS
If can see the device I think VENDOR is reassuring.
There is also sudo fdisk -l
doesn't hurt to double, triple check.
mick
