Fedora Wont Boot Up

[justinrpg]

ok, so I type the code in again with the i instead of the 1... I sit here for 20 minutes and nothing is happening!!!

[07CobaltGirl]

Nothing is happening as in, the command prompt disappears for more than 20 minutes?

[justinrpg]

it just went back to the root symbol waiting for me to type in a command!!! it did not perform the task!!! I type the same code in again, 20 minutes later, it just goes to the root symbol again (#)

[07CobaltGirl]

That's what it should do. Have you tried rebooting it again in the new kernel?

[justinrpg]

I did all that you guys told me to do!!!! and even the terminal code didn't work!!! it is STILL doing that!!!! none of the above solutions worked!!! what do I do now???

---------- Post added at 06:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:18 PM ----------

Originally Posted by 07CobaltGirl

That's what it should do. Have you tried rebooting it again in the new kernel?

still ain't working!!!

---------- Post added at 09:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:18 PM ----------

and you totally destroyed my Fedora OS due to the stupid code you gave me!!! now neither kernel will boot up!!!!!!! thanks a lot!!!!! *sarcasm* now all I get is: Oops something went wrong! a problem occurred and the system cannot recover. please contact a system administrator


all because you guys gave me that BAD code for me to type in!!!!

[Veeshush]

Originally Posted by 07CobaltGirl

nvidia, but it worked fine on the last two kernel updates.

Yep, it just happened to me earlier, on a fresh install too. Everything else worked after a yum update (kernel included) until I installed the nvidia drivers.

Originally Posted by justinrpg

I did all that you guys told me to do!!!! and even the terminal code didn't work!!! it is STILL doing that!!!! none of the above solutions worked!!! what do I do now???

I just did another fresh install and left out installing the nvidia drivers for the time being. Probably the long way of doing it, but I didn't know exactly what was causing it at the time. But then again, I didn't really have anything to loose on the hard drive anyway. Could always boot using a live cd, copy everything you need from the hard drive onto a flash drive/dvd and then reinstall Fedora.

[07CobaltGirl]

Yep. If I had a dollar for every time I had to reinstall Linux because something went awry, either because of something I did, or something it did, well....I wouldn't be getting up for work every morning any longer. I'd be rich!

I'm hardly a Fedora or even a general Linux expert. Some things I can figure out, other things I need help.

As for the "BAD" code, it worked fine for mine......so I don't know what to tell you. You could try booting a LiveCD and giving the output of your grub config, but you'd have to find it first. I don't know your disk layout, so maybe someone else would be better to ask, to get that info.

You can get the file system layout with:

sudo parted -l

The grub config will be in the /boot directory, where ever it is installed. Mine is partitioned out instead of huddled in a default installation LVM, so it's pretty easy to locate. If you're using LVM, it's kind of a PITA to mount and navigate, in my opinion. Here is my drive layout:

[kswanson@Koemi ~]$ sudo parted -l
[sudo] password for kswanson: 
Model: ATA WDC WD10EALS-00Z (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos

Number  Start   End     Size    Type      File system     Flags
 1      1049kB  2098MB  2097MB  primary   ext4            boot
 2      2098MB  6393MB  4295MB  primary   linux-swap(v1)
 3      6393MB  216GB   210GB   primary   ext4
 4      216GB   1000GB  784GB   extended
 5      216GB   373GB   157GB   logical   ext4
 6      373GB   1000GB  627GB   logical   ext4

For the running file system the grub config would be:

sudo cat /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

But from a LiveCD you're not going to be running in the target file system. You'll need privileges to do it, so just simply navigating to it via a file manager won't work. You'll also have to mount the partition which contains the /boot directory, and I can't really help you with that. Getting this might be the start of how to salvage what you already have, if clean installation isn't an option for you. I'm sure I've left something out here, so don't hold it against me. :P