@@ -86,14 +86,18 @@ The endpoint should be formatted like:
8686When Talos boots without a configuration, such as when booting off the Talos ISO, it
8787enters maintenance mode and waits for a configuration to be provided.
8888
89- > A configuration can be passed in on boot via kernel parameters or metadata servers .
90- > See [ Production Notes ] ({{< relref "prodnotes#configure-talos" >}}) .
89+ > NOTE: Talos initially loads the OS to RAM, and only installs to disk after the configuration is applied .
90+ > If you reboot the machine before applying machine config, make sure your boot media is still present .
9191
9292Unlike traditional Linux, Talos Linux is _ not_ configured by SSHing to the server and issuing commands.
9393Instead, the entire state of the machine is defined by a ` machine config ` file which is passed to the server.
9494This allows machines to be managed in a declarative way, and lends itself to GitOps and modern operations paradigms.
95+
9596The state of a machine is completely defined by, and can be reproduced from, the machine configuration file.
9697
98+ > A configuration can be passed in on boot via kernel parameters or metadata servers.
99+ > See [ Production Notes] ({{< relref "prodnotes#configure-talos" >}}).
100+
97101To generate the machine configurations for a cluster, run this command on the workstation where you installed ` talosctl ` :
98102
99103``` sh
@@ -158,7 +162,7 @@ You can verify which disks your nodes have by using the `talosctl get disks --in
158162For example, the ` talosctl get disks ` command below shows that the system has a ` vda ` drive, not an ` sda ` :
159163
160164``` sh
161- $ talosctl -n 192.168.0.2 disks --insecure
165+ $ talosctl -n 192.168.0.2 get disks --insecure
162166DEV MODEL SERIAL TYPE UUID WWID MODALIAS NAME SIZE BUS_PATH
163167/dev/vda - - HDD - - virtio:d00000002v00001AF4 - 69 GB /pci0000:00/0000:00:06.0/virtio2/
164168```
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