r/linux4noobs • u/Sorroful • 16h ago

Meganoob BE KIND Just had my first issue.

I shutdown and went to work, came home and got a screen about a root locked or not found and nothing I did would fix it. Looked at all the forums I could find and they said to just try again. I tried AI and it told me about repair commands and grub or press e on boot menu and nothing would work.

Back to square 1.

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u/SG-3379 16h ago

Are you able to post a screenshot of the locked screen

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u/Sorroful 16h ago

It was apparently due to me formatting a drive I had auto mounted? At least according to a video. But it was pretty much recovery or emergency mode.

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u/Unfair-Ocelot-2363 15h ago

I didn't understand what you mean but give us a screenshot so we can help.

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u/Sorroful 14h ago

I don't have a picture. It was a black screen that said that root is locked

I was told it was "The screen shows an emergency mode error on Linux because a file system issue or bad configuration prevents normal startup."

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u/lattiss 13h ago

So the issue is fixed?

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u/Sorroful 12h ago

I just reinstalled. I guess it was die to me formatting a drive that was auto mounted through a setting? Idk.