Wait waddup with clang? Any sources I could read up on?

Thanks! I guess I need to read up on the boot process. 😅

Logically, the root partition should be mountable without fstab because otherwise it would be a chicken and egg problem :) Don’t I have egg (or chicken???) on my face… 🤣

Thanks! That seems to be the case exactly!

Source: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/manual/grub/html_node/Simple-configuration.html

I see. Well, normally, when I do make an fstab, I just give it defaults,noatime, but I wonder what GRUB defaulted to without the fstab. Thanks!

Cool! In my case, it must be GRUB, then, since I’m not on systemd. Thanks!

Sorry for the late reply and thank you for taking your time! I have “defaulted” back to Artix, having fixed the NIC issue. And I agree, Gentoo is what I dream of being able to handle, but all the USE flags KILLED me when I set it up for the first time a month or so ago. xD I do want to get back to it at some point though.

Thank you so much for your kind comment! It made me smile!😊 Never realized that my Linux journey is being “watched”, so I’m kind of blushing from unexpected self-consciousness 🤣

I have no knowledge of the inner workings of OpenRC, but what I like from just having used it a few months is the fact that I understand the “architecture”? How there are system scripts and user scripts, how they belong to run levels. Also, this of course depends heavily on one’s specific setup, but I have a smaller pstree on a fresh install with OpenRC than what I had with systemd.

With that said, I am going to look into “simply” switching to OpenRC on Arch down the road, since I have been on Arch for many years now.

Update: Thank you all for your kind and quick responses! I installed Void and antiX and cruised around in them a little. I ended up defaulting back to Artix in the end. The hardware issues with the NIC seem to have gotten resolved. Whatever toxicity and bigotry is present among their larger demographic, I’m going to spread as much light and love as possible. That is, until I switch OS again. 🤣

Sic! I’ll check it out! Thanks!

I laughed out loud when I heard the Super Mario coin beep as the TUI was displayed. I made a live USB just in case I’m unable to revive my NIC on Artix.

Thanks! If Alpine doesn’t work for me and if I’m unable to fix the NIC on Artix, I’ll check out Devuan! :)

Thanks. Artix really did hit all the right spots for me. If Alpine doesn’t feel the same, maybe I’ll just solve that NIC issue.

Thanks! Yeah, I just wish I didn’t have to deal with all the USE flags on Gentoo. My brain works in such ways, that I simply CANNOT “just go with the default” and I try to research them ALL, burning myself out. xD

Sweet! I’ll check it out!

But what is it that you like about Arch in the first place? The ability to keep it small and customize from there. Going basically kernel + base (which includes some packages I remove afterwards anyway).

Like, do you want to limit your options to distros that are well supported by OpenRC? Or, is this simply a preference kind of thing? I’m not well versed enough in OpenRC to understand what a distro that has “bad” support for it looks like, but I did find it easy to understand it’s layout/directories and the syntax of its scripts.

Do you want to engage in distro-specific forums or was your engagement in there mostly out of necessity? I was investigating whether a certain thread had been closed to the public, requiring sign-up, or not.

Excellent, so you’re a builder/tinkerer that prefers a clean slate to work from. Yes. Litterally, give me CLI and I’ll take it from there. xD

Thanks! What should I expect from BSD-systems? Are they customizable from the start like an Arch based system or are they more of a done deal?

Thanks! I’d really like to stay with an Arch based system, but the last update of Artix “breaking” my NIC in combination with the distasteful comments that I read on their forums towards transpeople made me want to quit… Would it be possible to install Arch and “simply” use OpenRC there? 🤔

Thanks for the heads-up! I have put on my war gear, which I believe is both a proportionate and sufficient respone…? 😈

Update2: managed to boot by reinstalling grub, reinstalling the kernel (latest) with Artix’ own basestrap script and then updating grub from a live USB. System saved. Now it won’t accept a new IP from my dhcp server but that’s tomorrow’s problem. Thank you all for your quick respones! 🥰

Mounted no problem. Deleted everything under /boot when chrooted and reinstalled grub. Now, grub doesn’t even load at boot, it just takes me to the UEFI. There, I see the “grub” entry, but it’s inaccessible.