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Keep using it and you'll fail to boot after an update, it's just a matter of time. I've had it happen even on devices I exclusively used for browsing and playing videos.
No, but you should keep an arch thumb drive handy whenever you're updating. You never know when the installation script will give up, or GRUB release a faulty update.
Well, for one thing I don't use GRUB, so there's one obstacle off the list.
So I guess due to hubris my latest system update ran the yay cache to the limit of my storage capacity and I couldn't reboot into a graphical environment. I suspect it was the electron update, BTW.
So do I need that rescue USB? Of course not. In systemd-boot, press
e,endkey,spaceand1and you're booted into a command line environment.paccache -ruk0nukes the pacman cache to be on the safe sideyay -Sccto clear the yay cache completelyAnd you're off to the races again.