#Linux #systemd strikes again. Today's episode, "systemd-cryptsetup: Booting with encrypted root partition fails instantly":

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/6381

No boot and no emergency shell. The only way to do any fixing is to boot a live CD, live DVD, or live USB edition of your distro.

Thanks, Poettering, for reminding me again why I left Linux for Unix.