Accidentally Deleted /boot/ (Debian) (links.hackliberty.org)

submitted 3 months ago by Negligent_Embassy@links.hackliberty.org to c/linux@lemmy.world

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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

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[-] SteveTech@programming.dev 4 points 3 months 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.

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