I find that I need to remove rhgb and quiet or it (probably) never boots. Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Hi, > > I suspect that I have had this problem (and am having this again), > inconsistently with different laptops. Basically, if you boot without rhgb > quiet, this is what happens (I posted this earlier, but no resolution was > possible): this has happened to me on a Dell Latitude E6400 (in December, > but not with the update to kernel 3.19.1 -- will see if the problem crops > up with the update to kernel 3.19.2), a Dell XPS 13 (earlier in November > with F20 and now again, with the update to kernel 3.19.1) and a Dell > Dimension M3800 (earlier with F20 but a different kernel update than the > XPS 13, and now again with the update to kernel 3.19.1). > > I posted this on a thread (Thu, 18 Dec 2014 titled Fedora 21 update (not > upgrade) fails with broken boot) but no resolution was found. I am not > even sure what to BZ on, given that not all machines fail. > > Btw, here is what happens (taken from my post of 18 Dec 2014), and note > that I do not use rhgb and quiet (in the boot parameter) so I get > text-based information. > > I boot in through grub. Pretty soon, I get: > > Generating "/run/initramfs/rsdsosreport.txt" > Welcome to emergency mode! After loggin in, type "journalctl -xb" to view > system logs, "systemctl reboot" to reboot, "systemctl default" or ^D to > try again to boot into defauly mode. Give root password for maintenance. > (or press Control-D to continue): > > > I may say that Ctrl-D does get me the login screen, but why this > message/hang and rigmarole? > > Any suggestions/pointers would be appreciated. Happy to provide more > information as possible. > > Best wishes, > Ranjan > > > > > > On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 13:30:01 -0400 Neal Becker <ndbecker2@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> New lenovo X1 carbon. Sometimes boots, sometimes hangs. >> >> Today tried to boot and repeatly hung, saying >> >> waitjob for /sysroot >> >> Sounds pretty scary. >> >> After repeated attempts, now it is booted OK. >> >> Tried on latest kernel and also previous 1 or 2. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> -- >> -- Those who don't understand recursion are doomed to repeat it >> >> -- >> users mailing list >> users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe or change subscription options: >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct >> Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines >> Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org > > -- Those who fail to understand recursion are doomed to repeat it -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org