Power went off mid update, can't boot into my system anymore

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I was running an update on my computer and the power went off.

… Ok that’s only partially true, I was a dummy and forgot to charge my laptop.

Anyway, I can’t get in my system anymore. I boot, put the encryption password but after that I just get sent back to the encryption password screen.

I tried other options with grub but no luck.

I can boot a live however, so I would like to ask, is there anything I can do to fix my system?

And, is any specific iso needed? I had the xfce one because it’s what I installed as I dislike gnome but if the default one is required I’ll get that instead.

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Check out Vlad’s post at How do I recover an unbootable Fedora Workstation system? - #8 by vgaetera

Even simpler - and correct me if I am wrong - if you boot a Fedora Workstation Live USB there is a recovery option?

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At least I did not see it in the xfce version.

I will download the gnome one and check the link, but at a glance those options may not be what I’m looking for as I can’t boot in the system at all, no command line or anything.

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Read through the links in the link I posted, you need to boot into the live usb and then fix the system on your internal hard drive from there.

Follow the instructions and you should be able to get it done.

The encryption might get in the way of that though…

One other idea - I do hear that you can’t get past the encryption screen - but try ctrl+alt+f3 to take you to a new tty, after you attempt your encryption password

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I think that much shouldn’t be an issue, I can mount the drive from a live and navigate through it and everything looks intact.

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Haven’t worked on it until now but when chrooting I have no internet connection it seems.

I saved the important stuff on a drive so theoretically I can just reinstall and start over, but I just really wanted to see if I could fix it as a learning experience.

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Is that ethernet or wifi?

I’m sure its a solvable problem if you search for it or start another thread

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Wifi, should I start a thread? I looked up and tried some stuff I found online with little success

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Yea, with a name like
“No wifi in chroot while repairing F42”

Other / and options: Use ethernet, with a USB ethernet adaptor (but I don’t know if it will work as I don’t know whe the wifi doesnt work) or instead of connecting to the net, copy the /root from the live USB to the HDD

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QA:Testcase partitioning custom btrfs preserve home - Fedora Project Wiki is worth a look.

Search for other ‘repair using live media’ tutorials

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This Reinstalling all base fedora packages from live USB or distro repair :: IT'S FOSS is a great guide, but requires internet.

Did you connect to wifi when in chroot?
what does
nmcli dev wifi list
give?

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Could not create NMClient object: Could not connect: No such file or directory

And, I connected from the live GUI, I’ll see if I can solve this using my phone as a cable connection instead

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