Thanks, Stan. After having run fsck /dev/mapper/fedora_localhost--live-home within emergency mode and rebooted, the problem seems to be resolved. Paul On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 7:28 PM stan via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
