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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Same here. 10 years on my laptop and it broke only once: I accidentally closed the terminal where the initramfs was installed. So my mistake. I could fix it by using an arch install on an USB and my knowledge of how to install the system, since I did it myself, by hand.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

well in this particular case it's initramfs' fault for not designing for all-or-nothing atomicity (a operation either completes fully or not at all). which you can work around with a terminal multiplexer where a session can be re-attached later in such cases btw.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Thanks, the multiplexer idea is actually really good.

Having Said that, In my particular case it was actually my fault.