2026-09-14 20:59 UTC
Just mount /home and /var to an SSD, tempFS(If you dont care about your data), or network drive and this is a perfect purpose for USB booting.
Saves your hard drives from all the bootloader stuff, and should be faster than a spinning disk if the drive is 3.0.
Id even mount the USB as read only to ensure it isnt damaged, and use any ISO generator to manage updates from another device (Like create a new flash, shutdown this PC, plug in the new flash - bam update complete)
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@akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone 2026-09-14 21:02
Thanks. God I love playing around with different solutions! 😁
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@MangoCats@feddit.it 2026-09-14 21:11
/home and /var are the main targets for persistent storage. Unfortunately, a LOT of applications color outside those lines, so you’re into a bit of case-by-case for what else needs to go into persistent storage, depending on what you run and how you configure it.