Re: trouble booting Ubuntu

I have not been following this thread but I would use live media to mount and repair it that way. Are you familiar iwth how to mount a partition and bind proc dev sys etc to repair grub or run fsck on unmounted file systems? Cheers On 05/03/17 16:01, Jude DaShiell wrote: > My guess is,

Re: trouble booting Ubuntu

My guess is, it wants you to key in root password so you can then run e2fsck and repair the system. What ubuntu accessibility is like when this happens I do not know. On Sat, 4 Mar 2017, Glenn At Home wrote: Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2017 13:29:50 From: Glenn At Home To:

Re: trouble booting Ubuntu

Please explain a bit more. Did you install the old ubuntu on to the internal drive, or were you trying to do that when the cable unplugged? Is there anything on the internal drive at all that you know of? You can try typing your user name, pressing enter and then your password at the screen you

trouble booting Ubuntu

Hi, I have Ubuntu in an external disk drive, I took the HD from my laptop and put in a larger drive, and for setting things up, I was able to boot to my old HD in the external drive via cable, and use the old install of Ubuntu. But the cord got unplugged during boot up and now it looks like a