I did an in-place update from Mageia3 to Mageia 4.

[mwpotter]

Hi all.
I did an in-place update from Mageia3 to Mageia4 (both 64 Bit) I rebooted and I get this message:

Welcome to emergency mode! After logging in, type "systemctl -b" to view system logs, "systemctl reboot" to reboot, "systemctl default" to try again to boot into default mode. Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D to continue):

I choose to do "systemctl reboot" to reboot, and comes out the same.

So I downloaded the full 64 bit ISO and did a repair install, on reboot I get:

Welcome to emergency mode! After logging in...........

Sigh...

Did a full install:

Welcome to emergency mode! After logging in.....

All this is on a home brew i7 K2600 Gigabyte MB, 16GB RAM, Gigabyte Nvida 560 graphics card with a HP91 19" CRT display.

So tried the DVD install on a Dell Latitude M4600........:

Welcome to emergency mode! After logging in

Help.

Thanks.

Martin

[mwpotter]

Hi all,

I did an in-place upgrage from M3-64 to M4-64, after reboot I get this message:

Welcome to emergency mode! After logging in, type "systemctl -b" to view system logs, "systemctl reboot" to reboot, "systemctl default" to try again to boot into default mode. Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D to continue):

I choose to do "systemctl reboot" to reboot, and comes out the same.
i tried the other options with no success.

Then I downloaded the M4-64 full ISO and did a repair install after reboot i get this message:

Welcome to emergency mode! After logging in[/b], type "systemctl -b" to view system logs, "systemctl reboot" to reboot, "systemctl default" to try again to boot into default mode. Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D to continue):

So I do a full install... guess what:

Welcome to emergency mode! After logging in, type "systemctl -b" to view system logs, "systemctl reboot" to reboot, "systemctl default" to try again to boot into default mode. Give root password for maintenance (or type Control-D to continue):

Maybe it is the computer.
So I do a full install on a clean Dell Latitude M4600, reboot and:

Sigh.....
Welcome to emergency mode!........


HELP please?

[doktor5000]

Why did you post the same thing in two different threads? Please don't do that, it is disregarded.

Best run journalctl -xb after logging in to see why it fails

[mwpotter]

Profound apologies, Idont know how that happened, I only did one "Submit" once. (I saved multiple drafts).

Will run "journalctl -xb" when I get to the computer late tonight

Martin.

[jiml8]

You also should try hitting the ESC key to get rid of that blue screen while booting. You will see all the console messages as the system starts up, and most likely you will see the failure right before dropping into rescue mode.

Personally, I don't know why all the distros have taken to hiding those messages; they are useful.

[mwpotter]

Mumble mumble swear..........
After the 3rd reboot this evening it completed the boot. (I suspect a flaky external usb hub but I will hold judgement for the moment as that dosent explain the Dell Laptop).

I will let you know what happens.

Thanks for your time and patience.

Cheers,

Martin Potter.