Surviving a Kernel Panic: My Ubuntu War Story

When your backlog is full of data science models and software engineering tasks, the last thing you need is your OS failing to boot because of a kernel panic, no? Well, this happened to me. I was given the option to reboot, did it the first time, and I was back in after choosing an older kernel version from the menu. It happened a second time, a third time... and I was just okay with it, saying, "I'll fix it later." This worked like a charm right up until Linux decided it had had enough. It finally threw an Input/output error , locked the root filesystem / into Read-only mode, and locked me out completely. I couldn't even poweroff via the terminal. The silver lining came when I realized I had a Kali Linux installer ISO sitting on a flash drive nearby. In case you find yourself in this,let's call it "very specific" situation, here is how to perform open-heart surgery on your system before you do anything rash like wiping your drive. Step 1: The Hard Reset & The USB Boot Since the termin