Running 42.2 on a Dell E6400. Well make that was running 42.2. I can’t log in with normal boot. In the recovery mode, it fires up the firewall, gets to the “locale” section and hangs. I noticed there are saved bootable images as an option in grub. Great idea. Unfortunately none of those boot either, or I don’t know how to use them. When I try the save bootable images, I get a comment like “If OK, run snapper run”. Just what constitutes OK?
Before I really mess things up, I’d like some suggestions. This is the kind of thing that doesn’t get fixed well over the internet, but I’m willing to try a few ideas. I assume there is a repair mode with the install DVD.
Incidentally I’m posting this on an Opensuse 13.2 OS on the same hardware, but a different drive. I have full access to the hard drive where the 42.2 OS and home partition is installed.
My last memory of something being odd is I had two “network” icons in the tray before I attempted to shut it down. The shutdown locked up, so I pulled the battery.
I can run a disk check where the 42.2 OS is installed. I used the default of btrfs, which apparently doesn’t fsck. But I can probably run what is required from the bootable 13.2 OS. The home partition is xfs (the default), but I doubt the home partition is the problem.