imbootable

French

Etymology

From im- +‎ bootable.

Adjective

imbootable (plural imbootables)

1. (computing, of a computer system) unbootable: impossible to boot up
   • 1996 November 28, "Denis Fournier" (username), "Re: URGENT !---> Recherche un dieu du matos et de la config !" ("Re: URGENT! ---> Looking for a matos and config god!"), in fr.comp.sys.pc, Usenet:

     (ca veut pas dire que ca rend imbootable non plus)

     (that doesn't mean it makes it unbootable either)

   • 2009 May 31, "Jerome Lambert" (username), "Re: ASUS et Microsoft: C'est mieux avec Windows" ("Re: ASUS and Microsoft: It's better with Windows"), in fr.comp.os.linux.debats, Usenet:

     Plus drôle, si on peut dire, c’est une mise-à-jour de Debian qui a rendu le système imbootable!

     Even funnier, if you can call it that: it's a Debian update that left the system unbootable!