I’m a new Fedora user, and I actually haven’t had a bad update yet. So this question is for educational purposes only! Though, sometime around Fedora 36, my test laptop which I hadn’t used for a few months suddenly booted to the grub shell and I had no idea what to do because I was completely unfami…

The recovery process is similar to what you described for Arch adding some points specific to Fedora such as SELinux and RPM packages: Restore GRUB from chroot using a live media Force filesystem check Restore SELinux labels Verify RPM packages integrity

How do I recover an unbootable Fedora Workstation system?

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vgaetera (Vladislav Grigoryev) May 15, 2024, 4:44pm 8

The recovery process is similar to what you described for Arch adding some points specific to Fedora such as SELinux and RPM packages:

Restore GRUB from chroot using a live media
Force filesystem check
Restore SELinux labels
Verify RPM packages integrity

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