On Fri, Mar 05, 2021 at 11:12:35PM +0800, kaye n wrote: > Hello Friends! > > Desktop Computer One has a hard drive that is multiboot: Windows 7, > Debian, and another linux operating system which I will call linux-x. > > It seems that the MOTHERBOARD of Desktop Computer One has finally given out > (wild guess only, as even a linux live USB can't function properly). I > took out the multiboot hard drive and put it in another desktop computer > which I call Desktop Computer Two. > > Now I can boot into linux-x just fine with Desktop Computer Two. I'm using > linux-x to type and send this email. I have not tried the windows 7 yet. > > However I cannot boot into Debian (I believe it is Debian 10). I get this > message: > > ----------------- > You are in emergency mode. After logging in, type "journalctl -xb" to view > system logs, "systemctl reboot" to reboot, "systemctl default" or "exit" > to boot into default mode. > > Cannot open access to console, the root account is locked. > See sulogin(8) man page for more details. > > Press Enter to continue. > ------------------- > > If I press enter, I reach the Debian logo with the circling animation but > after a while I get the above message again. > > If it matters, the UUID of both / and /home partitions of the Debian system > remain the same; I compared the info provided by Gparted and the /etc/fstab > in the Debian system. > > Thank you for your time. > kaye
OK. * In what order did you install Debian / Linux-x / Windows on the original machine? * Are the two motherboards booting the same way - was one booting legacy/MBR and is the other booting using UEFI? * What happens if you boot into rescue mode for the Debian / boot using boot media and use rescue mode? If you can boot using rescue media, say, and chroot into the Debian partition, you can use the option to re-install GRUB Windows 7 If you can't boot into Windows 7 - use the original install media to boot and boot from the DVD One suggestion online is to use System Recovery Options and use Startup Repair or a more complex route via Windows Commmand Prompt. Ideally, you should not now be using Windows 7 (and, in fact, should not be using Windows at all - but that's another rant :-) ) All the very best, as ever, Andy C.
