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    I don't think I'll continue using Arch, btw (lemmy.ohaa.xyz)
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    [–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    This got me looking to see if there is any way to have a fallback as I have had something similar happen to me.

    The general advice is to have a liveboot USB around. I even saw that you can have GRUB simply boot from an .iso file on the internal drives, which eliminates the need to keep a USB stick around.

    I haven't followed the steps yet but I'll give this a shot because it intrigues me.

    https://www.linuxbabe.com/desktop-linux/boot-from-iso-files-using-grub2-boot-loader

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

    Or you could just install NixOS for update rollbacks (or use zfs/btrfs and set an alias to take snapshots whenever you update)

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

    I always have a separate huge kernel on hand that boots without an initrd.