Boot with the liveCD/USB and do: sudo -s -H mkdir /media/ubuntu # system partition: mount /dev/sda5 /media/ubuntu #/home partition: mount /dev/sda7 /media/ubuntu/home mount --bind /dev/ /media/ubuntu/dev mount --bind /dev/pts /media/ubuntu/dev/pts mount --bind /dev/shm /media/ubuntu/dev/shm chroot /media/ubuntu mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys mount -t proc proc /proc dhclient
Now, you are in your problematic install. You can use "sudo aptitude remove ....." to remove a certain package, "sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list" to remove repositories who provide faulty packages (or sudo gedit /ubuntu/etc/apt/sources.list on the host, which is more convenient for most people), "sudo aptitude install <package>/karmic to downgrade a package to karmic. On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 05:22, Rajeev <[email protected]> wrote: > So here is the party ! - > > I get an error message : > "fsck from util-linux-ng 2.16 > /dev/sda6 has been mounted 27 times > without being checked. check forced" > > Ernst can you please elaborate on this post and give steps on how to > restore the system using a Jaunty CD. > Well, I restored my machine by booting with an USB stick and then chrooting > into the affected install. There, I could easily downgrade the package. > However, that's not an 'easy' way: you have to know how to chroot, you have > to have a LiveUSB or -CD, etc. > > It would be great if someone could provide detailed steps for > restoration of the system. > > -- > boot hangs during forced fsck > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/443080 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- boot hangs during forced fsck https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/443080 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
