Comments on: Ubuntu Edgy Upgrade Common Problems With solutions http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-edgy-upgrade-common-problems-with-solutions.html Ubuntu Linux Tutorials,Howtos,Tips & News | Oneiric,Natty,Maverick Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:40:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sam http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-edgy-upgrade-common-problems-with-solutions.html/comment-page-1#comment-951 Sam Fri, 11 May 2007 00:38:11 +0000 http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-edgy-upgrade-common-problems-with-solutions.html#comment-951 If you cant even boot because of grub, try this 1) Take your ubuntu live CD. Boot up. 2) Open a terminal, type sudo umount /dev/sda2 (or wherever your broken linux installation is, you can find out if you go to system->administration->GNOME Partition Editor and look for the one you installed linux on) 3) type sudo mkdir /mnt/a sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/a (change /dev/sda2 to wherever your linux is installed) 4) sudo chroot /mnt/a this allows you to run aptitude and everything. 5) You should be in root now, so no need for sudo. aptitude update aptitude upgrade aptitude install xserver-xorg aptitude install ubuntu-desktop and whatever other commands you need to run. If you cant even boot because of grub, try this

1) Take your ubuntu live CD. Boot up.
2) Open a terminal, type
sudo umount /dev/sda2 (or wherever your broken linux installation is, you can find out if you go to system->administration->GNOME Partition Editor and look for the one you installed linux on)

3) type
sudo mkdir /mnt/a
sudo mount /dev/sda2 /mnt/a (change /dev/sda2 to wherever your linux is installed)

4) sudo chroot /mnt/a
this allows you to run aptitude and everything.

5) You should be in root now, so no need for sudo.

aptitude update
aptitude upgrade
aptitude install xserver-xorg
aptitude install ubuntu-desktop

and whatever other commands you need to run.

]]> By: linux desktop software http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-edgy-upgrade-common-problems-with-solutions.html/comment-page-1#comment-950 linux desktop software Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:10:14 +0000 http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-edgy-upgrade-common-problems-with-solutions.html#comment-950 I had problems with the online update and things were going strange. I fixed it with using the update disk. Since then I've had no problems running edgy. I had problems with the online update and things were going strange. I fixed it with using the update disk. Since then I’ve had no problems running edgy.

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