Hi there, Sorry to hear that!
On Wed, Feb 18, 2026 at 1:46 PM <[email protected]> wrote: [...] > I get the message: > "You are in emergency mode. After logging in, type "journalctl -xb" to > view system logs, "systemctl reboot" to reboot, or "exit" to continue > bootup." [...] As been a while I’m not in this situation, as a first step you can give it try to bypass the maintenance shell booting with init=/bin/bash If you have GRUB Bootloader: 1. Restart, wait for the GRUB menu. 2. Highlight Arch Linux, press e to edit. 3. On the line starting with linux, add init=/bin/bash at the end. 4. Press Ctrl+X or F10 to boot. If you have systemd-boot bootloader: Note: If the menu disappears fast (or timeout 0 is set), repeatedly tap Space or Arrow keys... during boot to keep it open. 1. Reboot, wait for the systemd-boot menu. 2. Highlight the correct entry, press e. 3. Append init=/bin/bash to the end of the boot parameters line. 4. Press Enter to boot. If init=/bin/bash fails, try replacing it with systemd.debug_shell. If successful, you can access a debug shell by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F9. Best, /m
