Hi Turritopsis, On Thu, Apr 09, 2026 at 09:29:42AM +0000, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote: > Subject: Notes on using dd to clone Debian 13.4.0 KDE Plasma installation on > my Edxis Chromebook model LI9 > > Good day from Singapore, > > Detailed steps as shown below.
I don't mean to be rude or to stifle the flow of useful information, but I didn't see anything in your procedure that isn't a normal run-of-the-mill use of dd to write a disk image, as documented all over the Internet already. So, I am confused why you decided to send it out to a mailing list that distributes it into thousands of people's inboxes. Maybe there is a better way to do things, depending upon your goals? If you were to be responding to someone's direct request for assistance, I think that would be great. But as no one asked specifically about this, maybe it is for your own notes? If so, may I suggest your blog would be a better place? (I seem to recall you do or did have one.) If there was some tricky or unusual part that you needed to do then maybe a good place for such an article would be the Debian Wiki. However in this instance, I did not see anything unusual in the procedure, so I would not say this particular topic is worth another wiki article. Maybe others in future. Aside from dropping an unsolicited (in the sense that no one asked, not that it's spam) mail into people's inboxes, the archives of this list are not particularly discoverable. Things do show up in web searches sometimes, but in my experience if they do appear, it is below the wiki and personal web sites. If the goal was to spread useful information to later readers, I think a personal blog or wiki article would be more effective. Thanks, Andy -- https://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting
