On Mon, 20 Apr 2020 12:23:35 +0100 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? What skills do you have? Are you comfortable with examining logs, troubleshooting, editing a boot line, etc? There can be many reasons for this to happen, so a person has to play detective to find out why and fix it. There are limited tools available at the emergency prompt. You can run ls /bin to see them. If you have a live cd or usb available, you can boot into it and mount the installed system, and do your forensic investigation from a more complete environment. What happened in the last hours that you used your system? Did anything out of the usual occur? Have you run the exact same command successfully in the past? Is it possible there was a hardware error? _______________________________________________ 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
