Comment Re:RC7 left me without a functional screen (Score 2) 65
If your Grub timeout is very short or "0", meaning you don't see a Grub screen when you boot (common on single install systems), when you restart start tapping Esc when you see your computer logo and it should bring up the Grub menu. If it doesn't work try turning off Fastboot, usb keyboards especially might not be initialized in time for the Esc thing to work.
Your old Kernel should be there in Grub waiting for you so you can just boot in to that one and figure it out from there. I don't know Pacman, but I'm sure it can easily remove the bad kernel and choose a different one/hold off updating until stable.
You're old knowledge probably isn't as deprecated as you think! I just set up a Fedora install on a new machine, it's my first to ever use btfs and nothing has really changed as far as day to day operation goes. Unless you're using snapshots, booting in to your old kernel doesn't involve any file operations from you at all.
If the machine is still useful to you it should be quite easy to recover from this, if not, like you said, just pop out the drive and use it for storage on your new box.
Your old Kernel should be there in Grub waiting for you so you can just boot in to that one and figure it out from there. I don't know Pacman, but I'm sure it can easily remove the bad kernel and choose a different one/hold off updating until stable.
You're old knowledge probably isn't as deprecated as you think! I just set up a Fedora install on a new machine, it's my first to ever use btfs and nothing has really changed as far as day to day operation goes. Unless you're using snapshots, booting in to your old kernel doesn't involve any file operations from you at all.
If the machine is still useful to you it should be quite easy to recover from this, if not, like you said, just pop out the drive and use it for storage on your new box.