Ubuntu :: Un Able To Go Into The Recovery System
Dec 6, 2010
When I have windows installed and I install linux on a seperate partition I get the choice in grub to go to either windows, linux or recovery system. But with ubuntu installed on it's own, grub doesn't show up, which can be a bit of a problem as I want to be able to go into the recovery system and try and trouble shoot my ubuntu.
I've looked at startup manager and it seems to be on, for the most part but I'm sure i'm missing something I could probably do in terminal to get this to work, I'm using ubuntu 10.10 is there anything I need to do in terminal to show up grub?
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Jun 15, 2010
i delete windows a while back, but i have received a new modem from my telco, it has i disk with it that won't work on ubuntu so i need to either get the modem working or recovery my whole system and start again, the old 2wire work straght up so this might if i install it in windows and install ubuntu again, the problem is when i start the windows vista recovery wizard, it starts to format and i get an error 0x400110020000100A, the modem is a thomson TG782T
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May 5, 2010
I want to be able to recover from a disaster by simply inserting a CD of my entire system, boot from it, and reinstall my system back to the way it was before the disaster. After much research here, I feel the need to ask this question directlybut as a new user, I find it somewhat difficult locating information.
I have seen references to all sorts of backup software. I am trying to use Simple ackup.Each time I run this utility, it gives me a process ID and then apparently vanishes. I don't see the process running in System Monitoror see anything recognizable in var/backups.Perhaps, being as new to Linux as I am, I am simply overlooking something. I must say though, that these are the friendliest user groups I have ever seen. It amazes me that so many people are so willing to post long, complicated solutions to someones problem
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Feb 25, 2010
Having trouble booting Ubuntu 9.10, it gets hung at the first screen where the Ubuntu logo apears. Right now I'm running my Ubuntu 8.10 Live CD.
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Jun 23, 2010
My server is not accessible any longer locally (192.168.0.2). If I attach a keyboard and login (I have done one pass of recovery from the Ubuntu live CD which helped) and check the IP address it seems to be set. However looking at the syslog file there is a line which says ext3-fs: info: recovery required on read only files system.
Is there a more extensive ext3 recovery facility I can use bearing in mind I will not (?) be able to install it?
I think I'm running 8.6 but not sure where to look to find it.
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Nov 2, 2010
I have a HP mini 5101 wit OpenSuse 11.2. Unfortunately, I wanted to have a newer version 11.3, but I upgraded in a wrong way and the system not started any more, failed in start-up level 5 and ran the Kernel. I tried to find the solution, searched on google, but I think made it worse (personal feeling): made some changes in xconfig. Of course, the problem remained. Then I decided to make a system recovery. Everything was OK, until the last step, when the system prepared the first login. I saw this message for a few seconds:
Code:
*** Starting Yast2 ***
basename: missing operand
Try 'basename --help' for more information
SPP: could not open file: at /usr/share/sax/modules/SPPParse.pm line 61
When I switch on my netbook, during the loading everything seems ok, after loading I see the background but no login window, nothing. I don't know what's the problem.
I started the system recovery again and again. In few times I saw this on screen for a second, then return the background:
[Code]...
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Apr 12, 2011
The original operating system system for this laptop, an Acer Aspire One, Model No. ZG5, is not working. How do I get a copy of its original operating system to reinstall
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Jul 30, 2010
I personally use System Rescue CD, but I need something to recommend to newbies with gui menus to mount local hard drives and such. It doesn't need to have much other than that. I've been out of the loop for a while and don't know what is currently available and good.
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May 12, 2010
This question has been raised several times I am sure but...
I would like to create a FULL recovery CD/DVD of my system with a boot restore...
Any recommended for Ubuntu 10LTE Server.
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Nov 22, 2009
I am so confused! I changed my security profile to 'paranoid' (i'm a linux noob' and accidentally locked my self out of everything! Including su, sudo, YaST, etc. (openSUSE 11.1)
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Jun 26, 2009
I have Fedora Core 4 PPTP server (poptop) that died (motherboard). I am setting up a replacement system but need to get the data off of the drive from the dead FC4 system. They are just plain text config files. So I removed the drive and mounted it to another system using a USB enclosure. But I can't mount of the root partition, only the boot partition. I have done some Googling and see that the reason is that the / partition is an LVM format. But of course the replacement system already has a /dev/logvol..... type of partition defined. So how can I mount the LVM partition from the dead system on the new system to get the data? Understanding this will be valuable for similar situations in the future.
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Aug 29, 2009
I accidentally formatted a HDD when I meant to format a USB thumb drive. The HDD is a 250GB drive that had about 180GB of data in the EXT3 format. I was actually attempting to make a bootable USB thumb drive with TRK (Trinity Rescue Kit). Kind of funny/ironic to mess up a drive while trying to make a rescue disk. Anyway, as soon as I realized what had happened, I pulled the drive out of the computer to make sure I didn't do anything else stupid to it. I have been searching for some way to recover and haven't really found much. There are a lot of programs to get Windows data back, but I haven't seen anything specific on the EXT3 file system.
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Oct 27, 2010
The configuration default in Gnome power manager has changed and now I can't access anything but, the log in menu. I made a post about it but, no reply. Now I ask anyone if there is a way I can retrieve my files or fix the power manager config files.I tried to reinstal ubunto but, it only alow me to installed on another partition and booth on either one. I don't think that will work. I tried to use ubunto on a stick but, it does not accept me signing in with the same password (too short). I would apreciate any suggestions to get my files back. Compiuter is a laptop HP MINI 210-1054TU software ubunto 10.4 latest
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Sep 30, 2009
I have lost the data of my drive having file system ext3, please tell me the most reliable softwares for data recovery, please try to tell also GUI software.
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Mar 3, 2010
I'm running Ubuntu 9.10. Tried installing Mondo the system recovery program but can't seem to do it. I've attached a copy of the Terminal error below.
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Aug 18, 2010
I've got a, as it seems to me, strange problem.I've inadvertently deleted my user from the group admin so I'm in the same situation of a lot of other users (read a lot of messages about it).My problem is that when restarted in recovery mode there is no way I can choose the 'drop to the root shell' or similar in the menu.The menu appears for a second and then I've got an empty screen. If I press a key I've been requested for a username and password that of course is not what I need.
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Mar 13, 2009
I want to develop file recovery software of linux operating system guide me how it will possible or how i should start.
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Aug 28, 2010
I have forgotten my administrative password and am locked out of my system. I have an HP Mini 1120NR and I am running Edubuntu software. I cannot remember which key I need to press during the restart process to bring up the system restore/recovery option.
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Mar 10, 2010
I have an installation from USB/DVD issue.
Setup:
1. Desktop running WinXP
2. Lenovo S10e netbook running Win7RC1 (just expired.) no DVD drive.
3. 1 DVD by Novell and Lenovo with "SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (For recovery select Restore System from the initial Menu.) November 2008"
4. 4GB USB drive. Laptop can boot from it.
Problem:
Need to install the system to the Laptop using the USB drive. Doesn't install.
What I did:
Mostly followed the guide at "Installation without CD - openSUSE.htm" my USB drive is G:
used the HP USB Disk storage format tool to make my USB bootable.
Copied all files from the dvd to the usb drive
Moved G: ooti386loader* to G:
Deleted E: isolinux.bin
Renamed E: isolinux.cfg to E: syslinux.cfg
Downloaded syslinux-3.85.zip from [kernel.org]
Extract syslinux-3.85.zip to c: syslinux
CD'ed to c: syslinuxwin32 directory in a cmd prompt
Ran syslinux -ma E: .....
Result:
Runs all the way through, gets to a windowed program called ">>> Linuxrc v3.0.20 (Kernel 2.6.22.5-31-default) <<<" Code: could not find the openSUSE Repository. Activating manual setup program
Main Menu: Settings, System Information, Kernel Modules (Hardware Drivers), Start installation or System, Verify Installation CD-ROM/DVD, Eject CD, Exit or Reboot, Power off Cant find anything on the usb drive (obviously?) so what do I do now?
This is where I'm at and quite stuck... not sure what other flags there are to use, what I have to move around or rename.
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Dec 20, 2010
is there a way to create a system restore disk or recovery partition ? somewhat like windows has. I do back up my files regularly but a back up of entire os system and settings would be handy.running ubuntu 10.10
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Nov 5, 2015
My previously running debian system recently started failing with systemd failure messages as some services are being started. It never completes. I can log into recovery mode.
I added systemd.log_target=kmsg systemd.log_level=debug into my grub parameters.
After I do that all that I see scrolling down the page on boot are:
systemd-journald[36] /dev/kmsg buffer overrun, some messages lost
and the occasional
systemd[1] Looping too fast Throttling execution a little
Is there a way that I can boot without systemd using sysvinit?
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Jan 18, 2010
i am not able to start gnome desktop though most gnome applications work in icewm and xfce4 newly installed. the system config edit button i cannot understand what keys where to edit? how do we reinstall gnome fully? by the way my system is
intel 845 mother board[gigabyte]
LG Studioworks 520Si monitor.
250 80 Gb disks
512mb mem
LG dvd writer
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Sep 25, 2010
I have a friend that tried to change her user password on Windows, and now can't log in to her account. Of course it's the only user account on the computer. Are there system recovery tools on any Linux liveCDs that could change the passwords of Windows user account?
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Jan 21, 2010
I've been using opensuse 11.2 and windows xp at parallel. After I decide to reinstall windows, I got the error saying "invalid partition table" after the first restart of windows xp installation.
I tried to use windows system recovery console and committing fixmbr and fixboot commands, but didn't work.
After all, i boot with opensuse livecd to run the grub and got my opensuse back.
How can I installed windows on a opensuse installed system? My plan was first to install windows xp, then opensuse again.
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Nov 18, 2010
I attempted to install Catalyst 10.11 for my ATI HD 2600XT and the system now only displays lines and a large block of pixels where the mouse would go. CTRL-ALT-F1 kills the system and does not provide a command prompt. This is a single installation, not dual-boot, but there is no Press Esc to access the Grub menu during startup so I cannot choose safe mode. I attempted to get into Recovery mode using the flash drive that I used to install the system and it tells me there is no Recovery kernel (I used the 64-bit Desktop installer, not alternative). Does anyone know an alternative to get into the Grub menu other than ESC during bootup? Alternatively, do I need to download the 64-bit Alternative ISO and create a new boot disk with it so I can access Recovery mode? Is there something else I'm not thinking of?
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Dec 13, 2010
Just a while ago, I switched on my desktop to copy over some PowerPoints I had made over the weekend, and Ubuntu would not boot (it has a kernel panic error.) Instead of dealing with the problem, I just finished with a new reinstall. I have all my files,to my external hard drive and my diligence to make copies of ALL my files, but I have NONE of my settings OR programs. All I have is access to my external hard driveand so I have to start from scratch. I know I can copy, for example, the .mozilla in my home folderget my plug-ins and bookmarks for Firefox and so on, but I would like to know if it was possible to create a CD or DVD with a "snapshot" of the system with its settings and programs (the files needn't be backed up, I already have devised a system to do that)so I guess you can say that I want everything but my files backed up and burned on an installable CD in case my computer decides to do this again (although it would be great to have my files on the same CD or DVD, but that's unrealistic).
So, are there any programs/utilities out there that are similar to the recovery media creator utilities such as those that come with HP computers? Also, is there something like Acronis True Image that will work with Ubuntu? I am almost falling asleep as I am typing this, so I will not see this until I get up in the morning; I spent the whole entire night trying to get up and running again, but I would appreciate any input as to how to be able to create installable snapshot CDs with settings and programs preinstalled and ready to go
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May 1, 2010
How do I get int recovery mode in Ubuntu 10.04?
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Jun 17, 2010
ok so i have been haviung the same problem for a while now and it is starting to **** me off, with every distribution of ubuntu i am getting thuis stupid message when i log in it is ionoly every once i a while that i get it but saince i have upgraded to 220.04 cannot fix it. i could fix it befor pretty easily, the probklem is when i get t o the login screen i get this generic login menu whne i attept to login i get this message somethiung like power management is not installed correctly. like i said b4 it was easy to fix, all i would do is to go to the ubuntu recovery thing, which is apparently not available ion 10.04 it does not evn give me a choice which to boot how do i get to recover mode in ubuntu 10.04?
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Nov 20, 2010
Is there any way to recover lost files after fresh install? I forgot to copy some files and i need to recover them. I've reinstalled Ubuntu 10.10 aaaaand... I need to recover them at all costs even if it involves losing all my current files..
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May 21, 2011
Anyone know how to recovery data? cuz I've del my file(film)
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