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btrfs uki manual recovery guide

Complete Disaster Recovery Guide: Btrfs + UKI System Rollback & Driver Rescue

This comprehensive guide outlines the exact, step-by-step procedure to manually roll back an Arch Linux system utilizing systemd-boot, Unified Kernel Images (UKI), Btrfs subvolumes, and Snapper when the system is unbootable, followed by fixing the missing kernel modules and broken Snapper bindings entirely offline.


Phase 0: The Manual Btrfs Snapshot Rollback (Via Live USB)

When your system is completely broken or stuck on a black screen, you cannot use automated tools. You must boot into any Arch Linux Live USB and manually swap the subvolumes using the Btrfs command-line tools.