VirtualBox: can't start after upgrading from fedora 11 to 12

[nasht00]

I have a virtual machine on VirtualBox.
I had Fedora 11, all was well.
I ran the "preupgrade" tool. It downloaded all successfully, it asked me to reboot.
On reboot, it installed everything as it should. It finished by saying it was installed successfully and asked me to reboot one last time.

Now when I start it, some text flashes rapidly on the screen. Then it stops.
See attached file for screenshot of the last text shown.

Please help!

Thanks

[Nokia]

Brilliant, so you're running F12 on F11's kernel ? Post

cat /etc/*release ; uname -r

[nasht00]

I'm not sure I understand your answer.
I ran the upgrade, following these instructions: http://docs.fedoraproject.org/instal...l/ch17s02.html

I'm not sure what it ended up doing ...

As far as the command you suggested, well ... I can't run it.
I can type things, but pressing *enter* doesn't do anything, it just goes to the next line.
There is no prompt anywhere...

I'm screwed aren't I?

[Nokia]

Not sure. Can't you copy paste the above command in a terminal ?

[nasht00]

Like I said, I can type it no problem.
It just doesn't do anything, there is no terminal or prompt, it's like it's just a free form.
I just spits back what I type.
See updated screenshot.

[diamond_ramsey]

nasht00, thank you for your posts.

Originally Posted by nasht00

Like I said, I can type it no problem.
It just doesn't do anything, there is no terminal or prompt, it's like it's just a free form.
I just spits back what I type.
See updated screenshot.

Everyone, I see what looks to be a mount.vboxsf 2.6.30.10-105.2.23.fc11.i586

nasht00, is your "host" system the Windows 7 system?

Whether you are able to recover, will need more details and information to pursue a possible solution.

[marko]

Originally Posted by nasht00

Like I said, I can type it no problem.
It just doesn't do anything, there is no terminal or prompt, it's like it's just a free form.
I just spits back what I type.
See updated screenshot.

Not surprising since you're typing in a crashed console.
Try Ctrl+Alt+F2 to get to another console and try those commands there after logging in

I suspect it might not work because the system might not be up.

[nasht00]

My host system is Windows 7x64.

I typed Ctrl+Alt+F2 and WAS ABLE to see the prompt!!
I feel a hint of hope in the air...
See attached screenshot. Awaiting further instructions

[forkbomb]

Can you try getting into runlevel 3 or even 1?

[Nokia]

Most interesting.
First, backup the Fedora HDD .vdi file - just in case something goes even worse than it is now
Then, I'll need the following info

yum repolist ; yum list updates

[nasht00]

I have faith in you Nokia, don't you disappoint me!
See attached screenshot.
I wonder if it can even connect to the internet ...

[Nokia]

If you can ping google.com, do this

su -
yum update --disablerepo=atrpms --exclude=kernel*
yum update --disablerepo=atrpms --enablerepo=u*g kernel*
yum install --disablerepo=atrpms dkms gcc
reboot

Post errors if any.

As for the faith, as long as I already told you to backup .vdi first is prove enough that you misdirected it

[nasht00]

Well, see attached screenshot.
Possible explanations are:
1) I do not know how to use the "ping" command
2) Google is down
3) My virtual machine does not have internet access

[Nokia]

Stop the VM, See Settings-Network and make sure Bridged Adapter is selected. If still doesn't work try NAT option too

[nasht00]

Switching to NAT worked.
Note that before the upgrade, it was working fine with Bridged...

Now I'm trying the update commands you wrote.
"Downloading packages ...".
Will keep you up to date