Hi everyone, I’ve been using systemd-boot as my bootloader, but I’m considering switching to GRUB mainly because of btrfs/snapper - grub integration. Before I make the jump, I’d love to hear from people who don’t use GRUB: What kind of precautions or recovery steps do you rely on in case your syst…

About half my systems are using GRUB, the other half are using systemd-boot. For those without btrfs snapshots, about the only boot recovery I’m aware of (and have used when needed) is booting from the Live ISO and restoring boot via arch-chroot. https://discovery.endeavouros.com/system-rescue/arc…

Non-GRUB users: how do you handle boot crashes?

General system Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware

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