im thinking of adding a script to fig os called refracta-noclobberinstaller.
i can certainly change the name (and i was going to add a note regarding the changes and who did NOT make them) though its just going to be refractainstaller:
* without mke2fs lines commented (including the check_whatever that comes after)
* same for rm -rf lines commented
thinking of making it not +x (person who wants to use it can +x the thing) and putting a note that says "dont use this unless you know what youre doing-- run refractainstaller instead, it will erase all data on the target partitions."
the reason is that i tried this by hand (yes, it tells you not to) and i got rid of the mke2fs lines, and forgot the rm -rf lines...
it was so helpful, letting me know that it...
nooooooooo...
had a really wild (pretty excellent) week, that was the worst part of it-- if it had to happen on one of my systems, it might as well be that one. i do backup, they obviously werent part of this particular case.
still, im thinking of making a script called refracta-noclobberinstaller, and not having it +x (and having a warning that its not the usual installer, nor checked out by the usual authors.)
the usual refractainstaller will remain unalterered and +x --probably not wise to meddle with it.
comments welcome-- in fact if youve got them, this is a request.