Re: please help! debain won't boot
On Wed, 13 Dec 2017, Jason Brenkus wrote:
> I am a novice to linux, and I'm in over my head. I'm not sure what went
> wrong or went. I am running Jessie. On startup the pc begins to load and
> then goes to a screen with nothing but a cursor. Then nothing happens no
> matter how long i wait. If i boot in to recover mode i get a screen that
> says #IPv6: ADDRCONF (NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready. And no
> amount of waiting changes it. I had trouble getting the correct drivers for
> my gpu which is a amd radeon r9 270 i believe. The last thing i did before
> the system didn't boot was install a mining program.
>
It won't do much good to panic, take your time if you want to fix it.
Don't follow advice you don't understand. It is sometimes easier for new
people to just reinstall.
To help you narrow down the issue, did you do any of the things found
here?
https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian
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