Thank you buswedg, not sure how, but i managed to somehow reinstall and repair my installation. All my files are intact but it's now pulling down 334mb of updates so hopefully it doesn't break again, otherwise i will be making a beeline for Debian. And also need to figure out the DMAR error..
Edit: so now after the update DMAR:failed to map dmar0 is still showing as well as three flashes of the error device name is empty again, however this time it completes booting...
Thank you buswedg, not sure how, but i managed to somehow reinstall and repair my installation. All my files are intact but it's now pulling down 334mb of updates so hopefully it doesn't break again, otherwise i will be making a beeline for Debian. And also need to figure out the DMAR error..
Edit: so now after the update DMAR:failed to map dmar0 is still showing as well as three flashes of the error device name is empty again, however this time it completes booting...