are there typical ways Fedora tends to break?
Hi,
I have a request for list regulars.
The Fedora Workstation working group is curious if there's any pattern
or categorization how Fedora installations typically break. i.e. the
installation is successful, the system has been updated multiple times
successfully, and then for whatever reason it breaks.
Are most failures hardware related? This could be broken down into
hard failure (drive or logic board failed) and soft failure (some
hardware configuration change and reverting the change resolves the
problem).
What portion of the failures are early boot failures? (Defined as
bootloader, kernel, or early initramfs failures. But excludes being
landed at a dracut prompt.)
What portion of the failures land the user at a dracut shell?
What portion of the failures does the user get to a graphical shell
but can't login?
What portion of the failures can the user login but there's some sort
of anomalous behavior?
What portion of all failures are fixable without reinstalling?
Is the GRUB "rescue" menu entry ever useful in resolving problems?
Could everyone reading this try booting the "rescue" menu entry and
describe what happens? How does the actual behavior compare to what
you thought would happen?
The questions list is not complete, feel free to add your own
categorizations / failure patterns that you tend to see.
Thanks!
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Chris Murphy