11-08-2021, 11:10 AM
(11-08-2021, 10:20 AM)Dendrocalamus64 Wrote: Life on a rolling distro: *Always* have a rescue system ready in case your primary becomes unbootable. And make sure the rescue system is currently booting before rebooting the primary.
If your habits have been formed by living on more stable distros, you too may get to (re)learn this the fun way.
Common causes of an unbootable system:
- Changing bootloaders
- Upgrading the bootloader
- Upgrading the system...
Special note about SD cards as rescue systems: If you don't have a second computer to try it in, you cannot verify that it is currently booting.
I have no issue with using a rolling release distro , I currently use Arch on my laptop ,and although far from an expert, I feel comfortable using and upgrading it ( mostly from a terminal )
that being said I've never used a rolling release distro on a server , so your response about common causes is very interesting to me. when you refer to rescue systems , I assume you mean before upgrading 'rsync' existing setup to say an SD or USB drive and then upgrade ?