▲ 38 ▼ Windows 11 can now reinstall itself from the cloud — Cloud Rebuild revives dead systems without secondary boot media, wipes broken installation and downloads a fresh copy of the OS (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 1 month ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world 19 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Blaster_M@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (9 children) If only we could do this in linux permalink fedilink source hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 month ago I assume this is sarcasm permalink fedilink source parent [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago* This is sarcasm right? You literally can. Shit, with btrfs and snapshots, you don't even need an internet connection permalink fedilink source parent [–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago (3 children) I think it is possible, but without a lot of funding for uptime and bandwidth it'd be a bit impractical for most distros. Plus, could bring up privacy/security concerns if the hosting address/device gets compromised in any way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (2 children) How so? This is basically a net install procedure, which operates right out of most distros package system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] papalonian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) I've never actually done a network OS install, but aren't those generally a "local" network install, ie the file is on another computer you or another admin control? Grabbing the file from somewhere else might open the door for a third party to provide their own ISO permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) You're thinking PXE/netboot, which netinstall disks are often used for, but you can use them independently of netboot. Generally you have a minimal disk or recovery partition that initiates boot and offers the package manager, basic file and disk utilities, and a script to install a list of important packages. Basically nothing else. A handful of distros offer them, but they're easy to make too. I usually have one in a partition alongside by boot partition. This is very similar to the distros that offer a "recovery" boot option. The point is that instead of downloading a static version of the OS at 2GB+ these days, you have a tiny boot disk that downloads all the latest and greatest versions of the files you need, or allows you to fix breakages. This is what MacOS and these Linux distros have been offering for years. permalink fedilink source parent [–] eurodyne@piefed.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) You can do this with Fedora, I’m pretty sure you can do this with other distros Popos even has a system recovery partition like a Mac permalink fedilink source parent [–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago You can with LAN install permalink fedilink source parent [–] firepenny@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* Be the change we want to see. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago* This is sarcasm right? You literally can. Shit, with btrfs and snapshots, you don't even need an internet connection permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago (3 children) I think it is possible, but without a lot of funding for uptime and bandwidth it'd be a bit impractical for most distros. Plus, could bring up privacy/security concerns if the hosting address/device gets compromised in any way. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (2 children) How so? This is basically a net install procedure, which operates right out of most distros package system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] papalonian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) I've never actually done a network OS install, but aren't those generally a "local" network install, ie the file is on another computer you or another admin control? Grabbing the file from somewhere else might open the door for a third party to provide their own ISO permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) You're thinking PXE/netboot, which netinstall disks are often used for, but you can use them independently of netboot. Generally you have a minimal disk or recovery partition that initiates boot and offers the package manager, basic file and disk utilities, and a script to install a list of important packages. Basically nothing else. A handful of distros offer them, but they're easy to make too. I usually have one in a partition alongside by boot partition. This is very similar to the distros that offer a "recovery" boot option. The point is that instead of downloading a static version of the OS at 2GB+ these days, you have a tiny boot disk that downloads all the latest and greatest versions of the files you need, or allows you to fix breakages. This is what MacOS and these Linux distros have been offering for years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (2 children) How so? This is basically a net install procedure, which operates right out of most distros package system. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] papalonian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) I've never actually done a network OS install, but aren't those generally a "local" network install, ie the file is on another computer you or another admin control? Grabbing the file from somewhere else might open the door for a third party to provide their own ISO permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) You're thinking PXE/netboot, which netinstall disks are often used for, but you can use them independently of netboot. Generally you have a minimal disk or recovery partition that initiates boot and offers the package manager, basic file and disk utilities, and a script to install a list of important packages. Basically nothing else. A handful of distros offer them, but they're easy to make too. I usually have one in a partition alongside by boot partition. This is very similar to the distros that offer a "recovery" boot option. The point is that instead of downloading a static version of the OS at 2GB+ these days, you have a tiny boot disk that downloads all the latest and greatest versions of the files you need, or allows you to fix breakages. This is what MacOS and these Linux distros have been offering for years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 child) I've never actually done a network OS install, but aren't those generally a "local" network install, ie the file is on another computer you or another admin control? Grabbing the file from somewhere else might open the door for a third party to provide their own ISO permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) You're thinking PXE/netboot, which netinstall disks are often used for, but you can use them independently of netboot. Generally you have a minimal disk or recovery partition that initiates boot and offers the package manager, basic file and disk utilities, and a script to install a list of important packages. Basically nothing else. A handful of distros offer them, but they're easy to make too. I usually have one in a partition alongside by boot partition. This is very similar to the distros that offer a "recovery" boot option. The point is that instead of downloading a static version of the OS at 2GB+ these days, you have a tiny boot disk that downloads all the latest and greatest versions of the files you need, or allows you to fix breakages. This is what MacOS and these Linux distros have been offering for years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) You're thinking PXE/netboot, which netinstall disks are often used for, but you can use them independently of netboot. Generally you have a minimal disk or recovery partition that initiates boot and offers the package manager, basic file and disk utilities, and a script to install a list of important packages. Basically nothing else. A handful of distros offer them, but they're easy to make too. I usually have one in a partition alongside by boot partition. This is very similar to the distros that offer a "recovery" boot option. The point is that instead of downloading a static version of the OS at 2GB+ these days, you have a tiny boot disk that downloads all the latest and greatest versions of the files you need, or allows you to fix breakages. This is what MacOS and these Linux distros have been offering for years. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eurodyne@piefed.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) You can do this with Fedora, I’m pretty sure you can do this with other distros Popos even has a system recovery partition like a Mac permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago You can with LAN install permalink fedilink source parent
[–] firepenny@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* Be the change we want to see. permalink fedilink source parent