On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Ramnarayan.K <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Narendra Diwate <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> From: Shubham Chakraborty <[email protected]> >> > > The data wont get affected unless you decide to reformat. >> > > Not so > > if the OP says he has one partition for Ubuntu and another for Win XP then > there is great risk of losing data during reinstallation > > If there is one Ubuntu partition it means everything is inside it - means > just one / (/root) partition which contains /boot / (root) /home /var /etc > etc etc basically everything. > > So no don't go in for a reinstall till you recover your data. > > >> If you have a Live CD/USB of Ubuntu, boot up using that and reinstall >> Grub. Google for Reinstalling Grub in Ubuntu 10.04 and follow the >> instructions. >> >> do as above. > > 1. If you data is very important then after booting from a live cd find you > home (where you data should be) and transfer it to an external disk. > > 2. This UUID problem seems to be a constant one and sometimes the solution > works sometimes it does not - am assuming that while trying to boot you get > redirected to a shell with a terminal prompt. There may / should be a > message saying press Control+d to continue to a normal mode. If this is the > case then then control+d will not work until you enter a blank atleast two > times. Basically at the prompt enter enter twice. Then press Control+D and > the system should start up normally. This happens when the upgraded system > does not recognize a partition by its UUID > > Again to irritatingly reiterate - first get your data out and then do any > recovery. > > And next time you install Ubuntu make sure you have a separate /home it > really helps when the system gets messed up > > ram > I only asked the OP to reinstall grub, so no data risk. OR Am i mistaken. I also said there is a risk to data if you reformat. should have added reinstall, but assumed OP understood. MY bad. And yes, as with any repair /trouble shooting, backing up data should be done before anything else is attempted. And as Ram has suggested, please have a separate /home when you reinstall. -- Regards Narendra Diwate
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