Here is a short synopsis on how to recover a borked linux system if your /home partition is on another partition (logical or not). Boot a live CD. Reinstall the OS, and when the partition manager step arrives, choose Manual partition. The next page in the setup will list the partitions on your hard drive. Check the partition where you have / installed. Choose / from the drop-down menu and format ext4 (in my case), then click on /home partition, choose ext4, uncheck the format box, and pick home. Repeat format /, but don't format /home. Move forward to install and Shazaam! it will work.
On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Mike B. <[email protected]> wrote: > It worked. All my data was still there. > > On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 1:41 PM, Mike B. <[email protected]> wrote: >> The only live CD I could find was 10.10 and I downloaded that the day >> of the release. It doesn't install properly. That is, it hangs on the >> second screen of the install process. So I decided to delete the / >> partition, and of course that removes grub. >> >> Now I'm downloading 10.04--onto my home partition so I can burn it to >> a cd--which is the version I really want anyway. >> >> Furthermore, I also borked my backup drive version of Ubuntu the same >> way I borked Ubuntu... by trying to boot and failing to log in. >> >> Let this be a lesson to all of us--me mostly. Never unplug, >> ctrl-alt-del, hold in the power button without completing a login. >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Robert Citek <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Ouch. >>> >>> Some quick thoughts: >>> >>> 1) boot from a LiveCD or LiveUSB and backup everything, if you haven't >>> already or don't do this regularly. >>> 2) plug in an external monitor >>> 3) make another backup, just to be sure >>> 4) start fixing things >>> >>> Good luck and let us know how things go. >>> >>> Regards, >>> - Robert >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Mike B. <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Last week I slipped on some ice whilst carrying my laptop. Shattered >>>> screen. Went to >>>> www.laptopscreen.com and got another one for $75. The new screen >>>> works fine, but there are a couple of >>>> problems. 1) I was not able to get the bezel back on properly. For >>>> some reason, maybe the screen is a mil or two >>>> wider, the bottom part of the bezel did not seal properly. I'm hoping >>>> Tom can help at the next meeting. Asus K601. >>>> >>>> 2) And the more immediate problem: I rebooted the computer to show >>>> everyone what a broken screen looked like. Of course, the screen was >>>> shattered so all anyone could see were the black lines and splotches >>>> across the screen with some lighter areas, so I couldn't shut down >>>> properly. I had to press the start button until the computer shut >>>> down. When I booted after installing the screen the system tried to >>>> fix itself. I had this wonderful idea to boot from a live cd and run >>>> fsck, so I shut down the system again after half an hour. Then I got >>>> gibberish on the screen when I started it again, after I failed to >>>> locate the live cd. >>>> >>>> Well, I obviously found the cd and am considering reinstalling. >>>> <bold>I am concerned about wiping out my home partition</bold> and >>>> have backed up those items that say I have access to them. In >>>> addition I ran gparted to identify whether my partitions were in >>>> order. It said my home partition was fine, while my / partition is >>>> screwed. BTW, grub works fine, and the boot says /sbin/init is >>>> missing or damaged. I cannot mount my / partition. So. I am babbling >>>> here.... Sorry I guess I'll have to google it. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) >>>> Main page: http://www.cwelug.org >>>> To post: [email protected] >>>> To subscribe: [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe: [email protected] >>>> More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug >>> >>> -- >>> Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) >>> Main page: http://www.cwelug.org >>> To post: [email protected] >>> To subscribe: [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe: [email protected] >>> More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug >> > -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
