Den lör 1 sep. 2018 kl 15:50 skrev stan <stanl-fedorau...@vfemail.net>:
>
> On Sat, 1 Sep 2018 13:44:56 +0200
> Andreas Tunek <andreas.tu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I can't get a commandline, everything seems stuck in the boot
> > process.... Is there anyway to get a commandline and update the system
> > when it is in this state?
>
> You could try getting to single user mode, putting a 1 after the boot
> line during boot by editing the menu entry before booting.  That should
> put you into the root account, where you can run a dnf update.
>

There is no root acoount on a default F29 installation. Also, you
can't see the boot menu and I haven't been able to trigger it.

> Or, if you can boot a rescue image, you can then use chroot to do a dnf
> update of F29, should be something like
> chroot /mnt/Sysimage dnf update
> where /mnt/Sysimage is the root directory of the F29 installation.
>

Is there a guide or something how to do that?

> I've done this successfully in the past from an older version of Fedora
> for rawhide update in a situation like you are experiencing, and it has
> worked.  I always keep an older version of Fedora (the last one I used
> before this one) around for just this purpose (disk is cheap).

Disk is not cheap on my test laptop unfortunately...

I think that install is gone and all I can do is reinstall. Not very fun.....

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