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+++ title = "Installing without Fear" author = ["Valentin Boettcher"] date = 2020-09-16T15:00:00+02:00 categories = ["Tricks"] draft = false +++

Note to self:

If you want to make sure some nice GNU/Linux installer does not touch certain drives just run echo 1 > /sys/block/sdX/device/delete in a root shell and the drive will vanish from the system.

Shamelessly stolen from: https://askubuntu.com/questions/554398/how-do-i-permanently-disable-hard-drives