Comment on [Linux] Unlock the bf16 tensor cores on RTX3090
tal@lemmy.today 2 days ago
The install procedure does involve changing some kernel boot parameters, so if you make a mistake it’s possible that you soft-brick your OS.
I mean…just interrupt the boot process at GRUB, and edit the kernel boot parameters to whatever you want, boot into the OS, and then change them back persistently.
fhein@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yes, it’s absolutely recoverable if you know your way around the OS, but now that Linux is getting more popular I suspect there are an increasing number of people who wouldn’t know how. The reason I didn’t write the exact commands I had to run to activate the unlocker was that I wanted to reduce the risk of someone copy-pasting commands they don’t understand into a terminal, and then being unable to repair their install if it stops booting.