Re: Upgrade to F30 on Dell Precision T1700 goes into emergency mode

2019-05-11 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Thanks very much for this clarification! Best wishes, Ranjan On Sat, 11 May 2019 20:32:45 -0700 Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 5/11/19 6:42 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > No, my question is different. I did not use to have a root password, not a > > empty password (if I can explain myself) before I went

Re: Upgrade to F30 on Dell Precision T1700 goes into emergency mode

2019-05-11 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/11/19 6:42 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: No, my question is different. I did not use to have a root password, not a empty password (if I can explain myself) before I went in and added it. I was wondering how one gets back to this state. From the manual, is this the same thing as the -l option

Re: Upgrade to F30 on Dell Precision T1700 goes into emergency mode

2019-05-11 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Sat, 11 May 2019 10:31:38 -0400 Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Ranjan Maitra writes: > > > Btw, is there a way to take out a root password once set? > > The manual page for the passwd command describes its options. One option > sets an invalid password which means that the account cannot be logged

Re: Upgrade to F30 on Dell Precision T1700 goes into emergency mode

2019-05-11 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Ranjan Maitra writes: Btw, is there a way to take out a root password once set? The manual page for the passwd command describes its options. One option sets an invalid password which means that the account cannot be logged in directly, and the only way to do so is via some other means, li

Re: Upgrade to F30 on Dell Precision T1700 goes into emergency mode

2019-05-11 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Thu, 9 May 2019 18:48:39 -0700 Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 5/9/19 6:08 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > Also missing from this report is the actual reason for getting dropped > > into emergency mode. > > > > Emergency mode is not the issue here. The real issue is what caused the > > emergency mode.

Re: Upgrade to F30 on Dell Precision T1700 goes into emergency mode

2019-05-09 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/9/19 7:04 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Thu, 9 May 2019 17:56:51 -0700 Samuel Sieb wrote: On 5/9/19 3:50 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: After a three successful upgrades to F30 from F29 under my belt, a cocky me has been floored. Everything went through fine (or so it seemed) using dnf upgrade

Re: Upgrade to F30 on Dell Precision T1700 goes into emergency mode

2019-05-09 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Thu, 9 May 2019 17:56:51 -0700 Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 5/9/19 3:50 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > After a three successful upgrades to F30 from F29 under my belt, a cocky me > > has been floored. Everything went through fine (or so it seemed) using dnf > > upgrade --releasever 30 but I ended w

Re: Upgrade to F30 on Dell Precision T1700 goes into emergency mode

2019-05-09 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/9/19 6:08 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: Also missing from this report is the actual reason for getting dropped into emergency mode. Emergency mode is not the issue here. The real issue is what caused the emergency mode. It's unlikely that anyone will be able to help you until you determine,

Re: Upgrade to F30 on Dell Precision T1700 goes into emergency mode

2019-05-09 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Thu, 09 May 2019 21:08:36 -0400 Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Samuel Sieb writes: > > > On 5/9/19 3:50 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > >> After a three successful upgrades to F30 from F29 under my belt, a cocky me > >> has been floored. Everything went through fine (or so it seemed) using dnf > >> upgr

Re: Upgrade to F30 on Dell Precision T1700 goes into emergency mode

2019-05-09 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Samuel Sieb writes: On 5/9/19 3:50 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: After a three successful upgrades to F30 from F29 under my belt, a cocky me has been floored. Everything went through fine (or so it seemed) using dnf upgrade --releasever 30 but I ended with, upon reboot: You are in emerge

Re: Upgrade to F30 on Dell Precision T1700 goes into emergency mode

2019-05-09 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/9/19 3:50 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: After a three successful upgrades to F30 from F29 under my belt, a cocky me has been floored. Everything went through fine (or so it seemed) using dnf upgrade --releasever 30 but I ended with, upon reboot: You are in emergency mode. After logging