Filesystem corruption (was: wiped disk - no longer bootable)

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 13 Jul 2019 19:17:02 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>On Sat, 13 Jul 2019 12:59:11 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>Those normally have a relatively large resistor incorporated in the
>>lead to wrist strap connection that is large enough to keep you from a
>>dangerous current thru your body should the other arm accidently come
>>in contact with the high side of the line power should you be
>>inattentive enough to not have unplugged it from its power source.  
>
>Gotcha old man! That's what an isolating transformer is good for :p.
>Actually there is _no_ f???ing hight side, if you use galvanic
>isolation :p.

Jaded remark: Theoretically RCCBs and correct wiring might replace an
isolating transformer. However, in practise it's impossible to unplug
power sources, if you are troubleshooting hardware and I wish I would
own an isolating transformer at home, since this is the only solution
to rule out fatal accidents.