Re: [arch-general] Update to 4.15.8 on dual quad-core box locked on ( 3/16) Install DKMS modules, need help resurecting

[Kyle Bassett via arch-general]

Hi Carsten, I'm glad you ended up posting this to the list.  Very useful
info, even if I never end up using it.

The rest of this thread has some great content too.

Thanks all!



On Mar 11, 2018 21:03, "Carsten Mattner via arch-general" <
arch-general@archlinux.org> wrote:

> On 3/11/18, David C. Rankin  wrote:
>
> > This was a nightmare. It's not a CD problem, it's a problem with the
> system
> > seeing the CD Label and/or creating the /dev/disk/by-label directory in
> > time for the link to be created.
>
> Hi David,
>
> so in the end you were able to boot off usb, right?
>
> Also, the nightmare you had to work through can be avoided on servers
> where you run illumos or FreeBSD by way of ZFS boot environments (BE).
> Basically, it's like Windows style snapshots of core files you can
> boot, in case stuff goes south.
>
> I didn't post this to the list, since it mentions ZFS, and that alone
> might get some people pissed off.
>

Re: [arch-general] Microsoft Signature PC Requirements Now Blocks Linux Installation

[Kyle Bassett via arch-general]

This is insane!  Apple set the precedent with smart phones, but now we have
Trusted Computing Creep in desktops.  Used are losing further control of
their own devices.

Ugh.

On 28 Sep 2016 11:27, "D C via arch-general" 
wrote:

Wow, is MS desperate or something?

On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 11:24 AM, Francis Gerund via arch-general
 wrote:
> https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/09/21/1516230/
microsoft-signature-pc-
> requirements-now-blocks-linux-installation-reports?sbsrc=md
>
> It was nice while it lasted.
>
> 



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