Problem with starting Fedora

zak100 · 09-24-2014, 12:05 AM

Hi,
While i was working, it showed me an option to install updates. I clicked OK, it installed up to 55%. After that it did not go beyond for 7 mins. I thought it got stuck and i rebooted the system. But it showed me only first screen page. Then i rebooted again but this time i selected the rescue option but for last 20 mins its still showing the first screen with "f" symbol. I am using Fedora 20. Can some body please help me? I dont have access to CD. However i can download software from internet. But i want to avoid reinstallation. Please guide me.

Zulfi.

bigrigdriver · 09-24-2014, 01:34 AM

Long time since I used Fedora, but my suggestion is this:

Reboot. When the grub screen comes up, press "e" on the keyboard (to edit the kernel boot parameters). You should get a text box on the lower part of the screen. Enter "init 1" or "init s" (without quotes). If the systems boots, it will boot into runlevel 1 (superuser mode). You may be required to login. Login as root.

Then run yum-complete-transaction, to complete the last transaction(s) in progress at the time it got hung up.

Then try to run yum update from the command line to see if the system resumes updating.

If all goes well, startx and login to your desktop.

zak100 · 09-24-2014, 11:53 PM

Hi,
I tried:

Code:

grub> init 1 or init s

It says:

Code:

error:can't find command 'init'

Right now i am in grub. Please guide me how to exit. I have tried
grub> quit and grub>exit
Some body please guide me.

Zulfi.

jdkaye · 09-25-2014, 12:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zak100

Hi,
I tried:

Code:

grub> init 1 or init s

That is not what bigrigdriver asked you to try. He suggested you try this:

Code:

init 1

and if that didn't help to try this

Code:

init s

So try each command separately and see if one or the other helps solve your problem.
jdk

zak100 · 09-25-2014, 12:22 AM

Hi,
I have tried each of the command separately but on the grub prompt i.e

Code:

grub> init 1

and also

Code:

grub>init s

Should i try "boot" (with out quote at grub prompt)?
Pleae guide me.

Zulfi.

jdkaye · 09-25-2014, 12:27 AM

Yes, I meant from the grub command line. And how did the system react when you gave the "init 1" command? The same question for the "init s" command.
Yes, you can try boot and see what happens.
jdk

zak100 · 09-25-2014, 12:33 AM

Hi,
It says the same which i posted earlier:

Code:

error:can't find command 'init'

I am now trying "grub>boot".

Zulfi.

zak100 · 09-25-2014, 12:44 AM

Hi,
I tried

Code:

grub>boot

It says:

Code:

error: you need to load the kernel first

jdkaye · 09-25-2014, 01:48 AM

You need to use the "linux" command to load the kernel.

Code:

grub>linux

You can find a list of available commands here.
jdk

zak100 · 09-25-2014, 02:06 AM

Hi,
Thanks for your continuous help. This time i got following error:

Code:

error: filename expected

Zulfi.

jdkaye · 09-25-2014, 03:08 AM

At this point maybe a fresh install would be the best answer.
jdk