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diff --git a/content/blog/2024/broken-system.md b/content/blog/2024/broken-system.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8cde9c4 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/2024/broken-system.md @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ ++++ +title = "Broken system" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +date = 2024-10-16T22:28:00+02:00 +categories = ["blog"] +draft = false +weight = 2001 +image_dir = "blog/images" +image_max_width = 600 +Abstract = "I am not a smart person" +Listening = "Steve Kirk - Thimbleweed Park (Original Soundtrack)" +Listening_url = "https://thimbleweedpark.bandcamp.com/album/thimbleweed-park-original-soundtrack" ++++ + +A very short update: last week I broke my computer. +FreeBSD did its best, but my sheer stupidity wouldn't listen. + +I updated my ZFS, which worked fine. +It informed me info about potentially needing to update my bootloader, but what the hell. +I'll have time for it later! + +Later was when I forgot about that and rebooted my system. +"ReBOOTING" is not the correct word, as it was not booting. +FreeBSD was starting, but it could not find any bootable partition. +They warned me, but I didn't listen. + +After two evenings of trying to fix it (I still think it's possible), I gave up. +I downloaded `GhostBSD`, mounted my ZFS datasets (the problem was not with them, but with booting up), created a small `tar` backup which I moved to my NAS. +Then, making sure I had the backup, I reinstalled the system as fresh. + +About that backup, well. +For one, I had stuff I didn't want to lose, but I had yet to add any external storage, like git server. +Not a smart move on my side. +Good thing, that `ZFS` is designed to be moron-resilient. +The other part is that my `tar` command didn't include `dotfiles`, and I never bothered to back those as well. +My `GNUS` state is lost, never to be recovered ever again. + +But the upside here is that I am much more experienced local-admin than I was when I first moved to `FreeBSD`. +Setup when smooth like butter. +Real butter. + +I used this occasion to move this site to my server & create the next iteration. +I'm still evolving, but backwards. +What you are seeing here is, of course, a work in progress. |