Emergency Mode?

[GregM]

Tried to boot up my computer this morning and it tried to start Kubuntu but went to a black screen that announced that "You are in Emergency Mode" with a number of micro lines following.
I have never seen this before.

What do I do to start up this drive/computer?

I am operating now on my backup disk but would like to get the original going as it is a few days newer than my backup.

Help?

[TWPonKubuntu]

Happens to me also. I find that I have a very short window (< 0.25 seconds) to hit Ctrl-D. The normal boot/login sequence then follows.

I don't know why this is happening and it has been this way for months on my system.

[GregM]

Tried that and it didn't work.
I'm stuck.

[Snowhog]

a black screen that announced that "You are in Emergency Mode" with a number of micro lines following.

Maybe see https://askubuntu.com/questions/1466...emergency-mode

[GregM]

Tried
fsck -y /dev/sda1
It did not work.

[Snowhog]

Do you get the Grub Menu? If you do, can you boot successfully with the prior kernel, or in recovery mode?

[GregM]

I did get to the Grub menu and clicked "Ubuntu".
Really don't know what to do after that though.

[TWPonKubuntu]

RE my previous post in this thread. I sometimes have to try Ctrl-D more than once. The short access window is, well, short and Sometimes I miss it. Try more than once, but you'll need to allow the software to process the Ctrl-D command. Yes, it can be frustrating.

TWP

[Snowhog]

I did get to the Grub menu and clicked "Ubuntu".

You want to down arrow and select Advanced options for Ubuntu
Then on the next screen, down arrow and select the earlier kernel version, the line just after the first (recovery mode) line.

[GregM]

I'll try it.

[GregM]

Followed the instructions and it took me to the pulsating Kubuntu logo.
After a minute or so it went back to the Emergency Mode announcement.
It must really screwed up.

[Snowhog]

The next thing to try is (recovery mode).

When you see the Recovery Menu, down arrow to network and press Enter. When the Recovery Menu appears again, down arrow to root and press Enter. You should see Press Enter for maintenance (or press Control-D to continue): You want to press Enter, at which point to will be logged in as root with network connectivity.

I would then run the update commands (sudo is NOT needed in this environment). apt update followed by apt full-upgrade

Take note of any Errors that may be presented. If none, once you are presented with the prompt again, press Control-D to return to the Recover Menu and just press Enter to Resume normal boot.

[GregM]

Would that be in the Grub menu?
If it is there is, there is no listing for "Network"

[Snowhog]

Would that be in the Grub menu?
If it is there is, there is no listing for "Network"

Again, once you see the Grub Menu, down arrow and select Advanced options for Ubuntu and then proceed with the steps I outlined in post #12.

[GregM]

It just kept taking me around and round in circles.
I think it's a goner .