I’ve lost everything and I don’t know how to get it back. How can I repair my system all I have is a usb with slax linux. I am freaking out because I had a lot of projects on their that I hadn’t pushed to github as well as my configs and rice. Is there any way to repair my system? Can I get a shell from systemd?

  • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
    2·
    1 year ago

    Boot to a liveUSB of the distro of your choice, create a chroot to your install, and then run a Pacman update from there.

    Googling “Arch rescue chroot” should point you in the right direction. Good luck!

    • 257m@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      Will this work from slax linux? I am sorry if I seem like I can’t fix the issue myself seeing as you have given the resources for me to do so but what would be the exact steps to do that?

      • Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee
        2·
        1 year ago

        I’ve never used Slax but it should, boot the liveUSB and enter terminal.

        The general process is:

        • Boot to live Slax
        • Mount your install
        • Mount /proc, /sys, /dev
        • Enter the chroot
        • Check if networking is working
        • Attempt to run commands in your chroot
        • Exit the chroot
        • Unmount everything
        • Boot back to your install

        https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Chroot