How I Broke My Linux Installation
The other day, I was chilling on my computer, reading the Arch boot process on the Arch wiki, like one does. I’m familiar with the high-level boot sequence but the exact details were blurry in my head so I was due for a refresher. Maybe around half-way through the article, I remembered my recent troubles with EFI variables1 and wondered if my current bootloader was somehow faulty after all. Would simply moving to a different bootloader resolve the issue2? I heard positive things about Systemd-boot3 so I figured it’s a good opportunity to give it a try. This has been on my mind for a while now, since I’m constantly striving for a lean Linux installation. With that decision made, I set out to go over the Systemd-boot Arch wiki article right after I’m done with the boot process one. ...