Linux Mint: Stuck in Kernel Maintenence Mode
by des_a from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6EV3J)
This is a new problem. I was attempting to transfer files from a VM, to my USB stick. In doing so, looks like one of the things was an erronious fstab entry. I bet that's where the actual problem is. The line looks a bit like this, from memory:
Code:vbox /mnt/vbox vboxsf 0 0Spaces may be off, but you get the gist. Now it only boots into maintenence mode, and still won't let me actually type commands. With system rescue disk Linux, perhaps on a USB, as this has no dvd drive built in, though I have some at home, can this be easily fixed? What if I remove the offending line? Do you think it will boot normally? Turning it off the hard way doesn't seem to be very good for it, but I bet the whole system isn't gone yet. I don't think it's an ssd.
I was oddly enough, just about to ask about my origional problem and that was my last try, as it wasn't mounting the disk.
Code:vbox /mnt/vbox vboxsf 0 0Spaces may be off, but you get the gist. Now it only boots into maintenence mode, and still won't let me actually type commands. With system rescue disk Linux, perhaps on a USB, as this has no dvd drive built in, though I have some at home, can this be easily fixed? What if I remove the offending line? Do you think it will boot normally? Turning it off the hard way doesn't seem to be very good for it, but I bet the whole system isn't gone yet. I don't think it's an ssd.
I was oddly enough, just about to ask about my origional problem and that was my last try, as it wasn't mounting the disk.