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  • huntrss@feddit.de
    12·
    5 months ago

    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.

    • anti-idpol action@programming.devOP
      5·
      5 months ago

      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.

      • huntrss@feddit.de
        4·
        5 months ago

        Thanks, the multiplexer idea is actually really good.

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