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nvm a restart fixed it this happend due to accidentally holding down the down arrow for about 40 minutes. anyone know what on earth is happening here?

also how does one stop the rapid mitosis of fedora's in grub, they keep multiplying

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@lemmy.one 19 points 6 months ago

This is GRUB’s final warning before you dig too deep in the OS list. Never hold ⬇️ for more than 45 minutes. If you do, make sure you have punch tape with a bootloader available or you'll have to manually enter machine code instructions to get your computer back up.