Hit shift-pageup/pagedown it will scroll that screen, it should scroll back 100's of lines or more. Take pictures each pageup. On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 8:20 AM Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Thanks, Roger. But how can I get the error messages? > > Paul > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 2:13 PM Roger Heflin <rogerheflin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > A screen shot of the fstab does not tell anyone anything as we have no > > way to know what is going on. > > > > Did you follow the instructions to use shift-pageup/down to page > > through the error messages (above the emergency mode prompt) and and > > see what it indicates is going wrong? It is probably going to tell > > you something that will indicate where to look. > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 7:34 AM Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > Please, see my fstab photo: > > > > > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fWv2h-CLt2ecoE2m5aCpAOsUr2aEhuvh/view?usp=sharing > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 1:22 PM Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > Thanks, Roger and Ed. I did not touch fstab at all. It may have been > > > > VirtualBox by itself. > > > > > > > > I did enter my root password. And now, what should I do next? > > > > > > > > Thanks, Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 1:09 PM Roger Heflin <rogerheflin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > You have to type your password and then figure out what is going wrong. > > > > > > > > > > Any number of things can be messed up. Often if one adds a fstab > > > > > entry and does it wrong systemd will drop you to emergency mode. > > > > > Mountpoint mising, path to device wrong. If you did mess with fstab > > > > > recently then add ",nofail" on the entries that aren't directly > > > > > related to the OS and that will at least get it up and on the network. > > > > > > > > > > You should read the screen, and use shift-pageup/shift-pagedown to > > > > > carefully go back and read the boot output and maybe it will tell you. > > > > > If you have doubt on what your are reading then take photos of it. > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 6:24 AM Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear All, > > > > > > > > > > > > This morning, I tried to run VirtualBox, but it did not start. Then I > > > > > > tried to do a reboot and while booting, I got into emergency mode. I > > > > > > typed my root password and issued the command > > > > > > > > > > > > systemctl reboot > > > > > > > > > > > > It reboots, but again I got locked into emergency mode. > > > > > > > > > > > > How can I overcome this? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > > > > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > > > > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > > > > > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > > > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > > > > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > _______________________________________________ > > > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
