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minus-square@webghost0101@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilink3•edit-22 months agoSomething i recently learned: Your live usb does not need to be the same distro as your main. (And in retrospect that makes total sense but i never realized) My arch install broke and could not get timeshift to roll back using the arch live usb. But a ubuntu-desktop live usb worked flawlessly.
minus-square@a14o@feddit.orglinkfedilink4•2 months agoYes, for data recovery you really just need something to access the drives.
minus-square@prole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilink1•edit-22 months agoYup… I recently booted into an EndeavorOS live USB, just so I could use the partitioning tools that come pre-installed, before rebooting and reinstalling Bazzite, because I was really hating the methods the Bazzite installer has for it.
Something i recently learned:
Your live usb does not need to be the same distro as your main. (And in retrospect that makes total sense but i never realized)
My arch install broke and could not get timeshift to roll back using the arch live usb. But a ubuntu-desktop live usb worked flawlessly.
Yes, for data recovery you really just need something to access the drives.
Yup… I recently booted into an EndeavorOS live USB, just so I could use the partitioning tools that come pre-installed, before rebooting and reinstalling Bazzite, because I was really hating the methods the Bazzite installer has for it.