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 # tips
 
+- **Start writing a kernel module that targets the kernel version of the
+  BeagleBone image you're planning on using.**
 - When the kernel documentation references manpages, these actually contain
   useful information. Manpages are not only for commands, but also include
   detailed documentation for the syscall interface and other C APIs.
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   system calls), you should append the number between brackets to the `man`
   command, i.e. to read 'write(2)' use the command `man 2 write`.
 - Use `dmesg` with the `-w` or `-W` option (see man dmesg(1))
-- Start writing a kernel module that targets the kernel version of the
-  BeagleBone image you're planning on using.
+- If you somehow manage to corrupt/break your system in any way, the IoT images
+  seem to work fine for `chroot`ing and fixing stuff. (Installing a
+  `linux-image-` package from chroot prints lots of errors, but seems to work
+  fine afterwards?). I have not tried using the IoT images as an installation
+  base, as we were steered away from using these images due to slow boot times.
 
 # direct ethernet setup