[arch-general] Update to 4.15.8 on dual quad-core box locked on ( 3/16) Install DKMS modules, need help resurecting

[Carsten Mattner]

Or I actually did post it to the list by accident.

Please don't flame me for mention ZFS boot environments as a technique
available for FOSS servers.

On 3/12/18, Carsten Mattner <carstenmattner at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/11/18, David C. Rankin <drankinatty at suddenlinkmail.com> wrote:
>
>> This was a nightmare. It's not a CD problem, it's a problem with the
>> system
>> seeing the CD Label and/or creating the /dev/disk/by-label directory in
>> time for the link to be created.
>
> Hi David,
>
> so in the end you were able to boot off usb, right?
>
> Also, the nightmare you had to work through can be avoided on servers
> where you run illumos or FreeBSD by way of ZFS boot environments (BE).
> Basically, it's like Windows style snapshots of core files you can
> boot, in case stuff goes south.
>
> I didn't post this to the list, since it mentions ZFS, and that alone
> might get some people pissed off.
>