CentOS8 Boot Black Screen After Kernel Selection

mrmazda · 01-17-2021, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by linuxbecauseideology

It's odd. I don't know what 1920f61d is. Feels like it was an old drive that has long been taken out of my system.

If you cannot identify it, remove it from fstab.

linuxbecauseideology · 01-17-2021, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrmazda

If you cannot identify it, remove it from fstab.

How do I do that?

mrmazda · 01-17-2021, 04:29 PM

First back it up, then remove the line containing 1920f61d using your favorite text editor. e.g., using the (simple) Nano editor:

Code:

sudo nano /etc/fstab

linuxbecauseideology · 01-21-2021, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrmazda

First back it up, then remove the line containing 1920f61d using your favorite text editor. e.g., using the (simple) Nano editor:

Code:

sudo nano /etc/fstab

Did that. Thought it worked because I restarted and it instantly worked as normal but then I restarted again to make sure, and it was a no-go.

So, it seems to have fixed the problem with the drive BUT the drive has nothing to do with the boot up issue. Will actually have to reinstall at some point...

mrmazda · 01-22-2021, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by mrmazda

Code:

sudo nano /etc/fstab

Quote:

Originally Posted by linuxbecauseideology

Did that. Thought it worked because I restarted and it instantly worked as normal but then I restarted again to make sure, and it was a no-go.

Double check to see if the edit stuck. Long long long ago I saw distros use some sort of backup system on critical files undo "unauthorized" changes to those files on the second startup following making of the manual change.

linuxbecauseideology · 02-03-2021, 04:22 AM

Switched back to CentOS7. I appreciate the help, guys!

mrmazda · 02-03-2021, 09:55 AM

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