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[-] huntrss@feddit.de 12 points 3 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.

[-] pkill@programming.dev 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 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 points 3 months ago

Thanks, the multiplexer idea is actually really good.

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

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