Hoe do i boot into recovery mode? It doesn't seem to be one of the multitude of boot options.
On Nov 2, 6:27 pm, "Dave Stroud SR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi im new to this group.But I have had that problem on install before. You > can try booting in recovery mode and chose to pick fix broken fll es. That > may finish installing the missing files. It shows you what to do. If that > don't work you drop down to root and do sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get > upgrade. Hope this helps. > > > > On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 4:41 PM, newmansan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ok, I got the live CD working, and made a persistent install on a USB > > drive. It boots from USB fine, but an error message comes up saying > > something like "Gnome panel cannot do its thing because of a lack of a > > database." The panels don't show up, either. Help? > > > On Nov 2, 9:11 am, danielwong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When burning the live cd, try burning it at speeds of 8x or slower . > > > > --daniel > > > > On Nov 2, 10:17 am, newmansan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hey ubuntu guys. I'm a linux newbie here, but i finally decided to > > > > take the plunge. I got the 8.10 iso and made a live CD the second I > > > > could. I set my computer to boot from CD, and restart. The CD splash > > > > screen pops up, but if I click on any of the options, my compy > > > > freezes. I've tried leaving it sitting for a while, and I've tried all > > > > the other options, all to no avail. > > > > > See, what I'm trying to do is create a persistant 8.10 install on a > > > > 8GB thumbdrive. That way I can try out Ubuntu when I fancy it. I've > > > > heard the easiest way to do this is by booting from the live Cd and > > > > using the wizard. Help! > > -- > dave stroud --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ubuntu Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntulinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
