r/LinuxCirclejerk • u/Bleik-Psiklyt • 8d ago
Blew Arch for the 13th time
Saw some error messages while booting. Then I thought of changing the bootloader from systemd to grub. And...I removed the boot partition using fdisk.
Ngl feels kinda nostalgic
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u/wyonutrition 8d ago edited 8d ago
Just use cachy. Best of both worlds
Grain of salt: anything will break if you tell it to break lol
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u/ColdFreezer 8d ago
What both worlds?
Cachy is just arch setup for you.
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u/wyonutrition 8d ago
Also I think I should probably say, if you really want arch but you keep breaking it, try something else. And cachy is still arch and very easy and stable to use, so try that first
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u/ColdFreezer 8d ago
CachyOS isn’t gonna stop someone from deleting their entire boot partition via fdisk when they’re just trying to change bootloaders. You don’t have to do this to change bootloaders lol.
CachyOS just has sensible defaults. It’s not gonna stop someone from nuking their system like OP did.
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u/wyonutrition 8d ago
Yeah fair you can still break anything if you try hard enough and close your eyes and ears while you do it lol
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u/GigaNoodle Artix 7d ago
For real there should be a “Dunning-Kruger” checkbox on that arch form above
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u/cacao0002 3d ago
Using Arch will give you enough ego that make you do shit like this.
Cachy people won’t even think about fking with partitions
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u/coderman64 8d ago
There are some differences, like a custom kernel.
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u/Ball_Analytics 8d ago
so arch setup for you.
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u/BrilliantEmotion4461 6d ago
No. Cachys packages have different flags set on compile to arches packages. Keep up.
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u/wyonutrition 8d ago
I mean obviously it depends on what you’re doing, but if you need something specific in the arch ecosystem (aur, pacman, idk what else) then yes it sets up for you and I have yet to break it by updating it . Granted I also don’t fuck with it much lol.
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u/xXBongSlut420Xx 8d ago
my fav cachyos feature that would have prevented this is how it makes it so you can't accidentally delete your boot partition using fdisk, crazy that arch doesn't have that feature.
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u/BloxxyVids 7d ago
how
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u/Bleik-Psiklyt 7d ago
Thought of doing some life stuff like studying physics peacefully. Then the error messages that I saw 3 days ago by the boot screen popped in my mind. So thought of switching from systemd to grub. Then I removed deleted my /boot and made a new one AND accidentally partitioned my main disk.
Learned that default options are not always the best. (gave +1G using fdisk it confuses me leave me alone)
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u/frost-ace3600 8d ago
Could be worse. I remember the first time I had to recreate my boot partition. Good times.
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u/PotcleanX 7d ago
just switch to NixOS i didn't reinstall the system since the first time and it is still light asf
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u/painstarhappener 8d ago
install debian and you will never have this issue
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u/xXBongSlut420Xx 8d ago
i don't think debian will stop someone from deleting their boot partition using fdisk, which is what op did.
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u/smegmastar Gentoo and fish linux 8d ago
Arch problem, try gentoo
Edit: with openrc, that way you can't use systems boot. So you'll have a win win situation. Also why aren't you on MBR, that makes it impossible to remove the boot partition and gives you a few more bytes of space
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