On 09/03/2015, Petter Adsen wrote:
"
> I don't know if it will be of any help at this point, but from what I
> remember I believe the Ubuntu Server images has a rescue mode.
>
"
That is the solution.
I downloaded a Ubuntu 14.04 Server image, wrote it to a disk, and ran
it in Rescue Mode, set th
On 09/03/2015, Curt wrote:
> On 2015-03-09, Petter Adsen wrote:
>>
>> I don't know if it will be of any help at this point, but from what I
>> remember I believe the Ubuntu Server images has a rescue mode.
>>
>
> Seems there's a recovery mode from the grub menu you can boot into.
>
> https://wiki
On Mon 09 Mar 2015 at 15:37:15 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> The Debian 7.8.0 installation disk Rescue Mode has, as one of its
> screens, the text
>
> "Enter a device you wish to use as your root filesystem
>
> Device to use as root filesystem:
> /dev/sda (list of all such values for the system
On 2015-03-09, Petter Adsen wrote:
>
> I don't know if it will be of any help at this point, but from what I
> remember I believe the Ubuntu Server images has a rescue mode.
>
Seems there's a recovery mode from the grub menu you can boot into.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RecoveryMode
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On Mon, 9 Mar 2015 15:37:15 +0800
Bret Busby wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I have managed to find a copy of the apparently last properly
> functioning grub.cfg file, using the Debian 7.60 LXDE LiveCD file
> manager, and have posted a copy of the file, to the GRUB help mailing
> list.
>
> The file apparen
Hello.
I have managed to find a copy of the apparently last properly
functioning grub.cfg file, using the Debian 7.60 LXDE LiveCD file
manager, and have posted a copy of the file, to the GRUB help mailing
list.
The file apparently sits in the Ubuntu installation partition, and it
apparently shows
On Wed 04 Mar 2015 at 14:32:19 -0600, David Wright wrote:
> Quoting Brian (a...@cityscape.co.uk):
> > On Wed 04 Mar 2015 at 16:13:03 +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> >
> > > On Wednesday 04 March 2015 16:03:28 Bret Busby wrote:
> > > > Neither that screen, nor the one that showed the partitions,
> > >
Quoting Brian (a...@cityscape.co.uk):
> On Wed 04 Mar 2015 at 16:13:03 +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday 04 March 2015 16:03:28 Bret Busby wrote:
> > > Neither that screen, nor the one that showed the partitions,
> > > identified using the UUID's (which, to a user like me, in the context
On Wed 04 Mar 2015 at 16:13:03 +, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 March 2015 16:03:28 Bret Busby wrote:
> > Neither that screen, nor the one that showed the partitions,
> > identified using the UUID's (which, to a user like me, in the context
> > of trying to restore the GRUB multi-OS sele
On 3/4/15, David Wright wrote:
>
> With hot plugging and so on, you really can't get away with /dev/...
> any more unless you want to accidently reformat the wrong partition.
> And not everyone sets LABELs, so there's not much choice. As long as
> you don't clone a partition without changing the U
On Thu 05 Mar 2015 at 00:03:28 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> No, it was not about labelling the swap partition.
>
> The original posting, was, I believe, seeking stepwise instructions
> for recovery of the GRUB multi-OS selection bootloader, using the
> Debian LiveCD.
My recollection is that you go
Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com):
>
> Neither that screen, nor the one that showed the partitions,
> identified using the UUID's (which, to a user like me, in the context
> of trying to restore the GRUB multi-OS selection bootloader, are
> meaningless, and, as useful as listing the subato
On Wednesday 04 March 2015 16:03:28 Bret Busby wrote:
> Neither that screen, nor the one that showed the partitions,
> identified using the UUID's (which, to a user like me, in the context
> of trying to restore the GRUB multi-OS selection bootloader, are
> meaningless, and, as useful as listing th
On 04/03/2015, Paul E Condon wrote:
> On 20150228_1557-0500, Ric Moore wrote:
>> On 02/28/2015 03:42 PM, Brian wrote:
>> >On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 15:14:19 -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
>> >
>> >>On 02/28/2015 03:06 PM, Brian wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>Relenting, somewhat. I cannot stand the pain which comes from
On 20150228_1557-0500, Ric Moore wrote:
> On 02/28/2015 03:42 PM, Brian wrote:
> >On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 15:14:19 -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
> >
> >>On 02/28/2015 03:06 PM, Brian wrote:
> >>>
> >>>Relenting, somewhat. I cannot stand the pain which comes from watching
> >>>someone struggle. :)
> >>>
> >
On 02/28/2015 03:42 PM, Brian wrote:
On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 15:14:19 -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
On 02/28/2015 03:06 PM, Brian wrote:
Relenting, somewhat. I cannot stand the pain which comes from watching
someone struggle. :)
e2label(8).
I often trust the opinion of our" hive-mind" more than I
On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 15:14:19 -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
> On 02/28/2015 03:06 PM, Brian wrote:
> >
> >Relenting, somewhat. I cannot stand the pain which comes from watching
> >someone struggle. :)
> >
> >e2label(8).
>
> I often trust the opinion of our" hive-mind" more than I do a man
> page. I hat
On 02/28/2015 03:06 PM, Brian wrote:
On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 19:23:58 +, Brian wrote:
On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 14:18:33 -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
I'm having a job parsing this sentence, but are you referring here to
the partitions' UUIDs? These are chosen at random when partitions are
created an
On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 19:23:58 +, Brian wrote:
> On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 14:18:33 -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
>
> > >I'm having a job parsing this sentence, but are you referring here to
> > >the partitions' UUIDs? These are chosen at random when partitions are
> > >created and it helps to make a n
Quoting Ric Moore (wayward4...@gmail.com):
> On 02/28/2015 10:21 AM, David Wright wrote:
> >of /run/udev/data/b8:... Also see man tune2fs.
>
> Can a label be created after?? Inquiring minds want to know. :) Ric
And AFAICT you have to label a swapfile with mkswap because,
unless you avoid it, the
On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 09:21:23 -0600
David Wright wrote:
> Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com):
> > I also note that (after taking about an hour, to remove the Debian
> > 7.8 installer iso "removable media" disk from the computer, that,
> > like Ubuntu, the Debian 7.6 LXDE LiveCD does not, us
On Sat 28 Feb 2015 at 14:18:33 -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
> >I'm having a job parsing this sentence, but are you referring here to
> >the partitions' UUIDs? These are chosen at random when partitions are
> >created and it helps to make a note of them as they are entirely
> >unmemorable. (I use LABELs
On 02/28/2015 10:21 AM, David Wright wrote:
Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com):
I also note that (after taking about an hour, to remove the Debian 7.8
installer iso "removable media" disk from the computer, that, like
Ubuntu, the Debian 7.6 LXDE LiveCD does not, using the file manager,
sh
Quoting Bret Busby (bret.bu...@gmail.com):
> I also note that (after taking about an hour, to remove the Debian 7.8
> installer iso "removable media" disk from the computer, that, like
> Ubuntu, the Debian 7.6 LXDE LiveCD does not, using the file manager,
> show Properties for partitions, and, in o
On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 7:40:05 PM UTC+5:30, Rusi Mody wrote:
>
> Have you tried configfile?
>
> configfile is a grub command that can be used to 'connect' to grub
> eg
>
> 1. if your (working) debian's root is in /dev/sda5
>Then at the grub prompt try issuing the command
>c
On Wednesday 25 February 2015 14:08:12 Ric Moore wrote:
> On 02/25/2015 03:18 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Wednesday 25 February 2015 06:00:58 Bret Busby wrote:
> >> Why does the Debian standard installation iso image, not include an
> >> "Abort installation" option (at each screen, although, eve
Bret Busby wrote:
> In trying to use a standard Debian installer iso, and booting into
> rescue mode, I got toa screen "select partition into which to install
> the root system", or words to that effect.
Does it say "Rescue mode" in the corner? It should.
Here is the official documentation for i
On 02/25/2015 03:18 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Wednesday 25 February 2015 06:00:58 Bret Busby wrote:
Why does the Debian standard installation iso image, not include an
"Abort installation" option (at each screen, although, even, a single
instantiation, on the primary menu, would help, by rebootin
On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 11:40:05 AM UTC+5:30, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 20/02/2015, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Bret Busby wrote:
> >> The Debian 7.60 LXDE LiveCD does not have an option to boot into rescue
> >> mode.
> >
> > You could always download the standard debian-installer and use that
>
On Wednesday 25 February 2015 11:44:35 Bret Busby wrote:
> On 25/02/2015, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Wednesday 25 February 2015 11:21:42 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> >> On Wednesday 25 February 2015 11:10:24 Gene Heskett wrote:
> >> > Because that paper clip hole cannot be found on the face of the
> >> > bla
On 25/02/2015, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Wednesday 25 February 2015 11:21:42 Lisi Reisz wrote:
>> On Wednesday 25 February 2015 11:10:24 Gene Heskett wrote:
>> > Because that paper clip hole cannot be found on the face of the
>> > blackfaced dvd drive when the tower is out of the direct light under
>
On Wednesday 25 February 2015 11:21:42 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Wednesday 25 February 2015 11:10:24 Gene Heskett wrote:
> > Because that paper clip hole cannot be found on the face of the
> > blackfaced dvd drive when the tower is out of the direct light under the
> > next table over and invisible ev
On Wednesday 25 February 2015 11:10:24 Gene Heskett wrote:
> Because that paper clip hole cannot be found on the face of the blackfaced
> dvd drive when the tower is out of the direct light under the next table
> over and invisible even with 300 equ watts of ccfl lighting on the ceiling
> turned on
On Wednesday 25 February 2015 03:18:20 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Wednesday 25 February 2015 06:00:58 Bret Busby wrote:
> > Why does the Debian standard installation iso image, not include an
> > "Abort installation" option (at each screen, although, even, a single
> > instantiation, on the primary m
On Wednesday 25 February 2015 09:11:02 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Wednesday 25 February 2015 08:38:02 Bret Busby wrote:
> > I do not remember being aware of that method,
> > before your suggestion.
>
> It is what the little hole on the front of optical drives is for. You need
> to straighten the paper
On Wed 25 Feb 2015 at 14:00:58 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 20/02/2015, Bob Proulx wrote:
> >
> > You could always download the standard debian-installer and use that
> > to boot rescue mode. It is a very good option.
>
> In trying to use a standard Debian installer iso, and booting into
> res
On Wednesday 25 February 2015 08:38:02 Bret Busby wrote:
> I do not remember being aware of that method,
> before your suggestion.
It is what the little hole on the front of optical drives is for. You need to
straighten the paper clip, and it is better if it is a reasonably sturdy one.
A tapes
On 25/02/2015, Petter Adsen wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:38:02 +0800
> Bret Busby wrote:
>
>> On 25/02/2015, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>> > On Wednesday 25 February 2015 06:00:58 Bret Busby wrote:
>> >> Why does the Debian standard installation iso image, not include an
>> >> "Abort installation" opt
On Wed, 25 Feb 2015 16:38:02 +0800
Bret Busby wrote:
> On 25/02/2015, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Wednesday 25 February 2015 06:00:58 Bret Busby wrote:
> >> Why does the Debian standard installation iso image, not include an
> >> "Abort installation" option (at each screen, although, even, a
> >> s
On 25/02/2015, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Wednesday 25 February 2015 06:00:58 Bret Busby wrote:
>> Why does the Debian standard installation iso image, not include an
>> "Abort installation" option (at each screen, although, even, a single
>> instantiation, on the primary menu, would help, by rebootin
On Wednesday 25 February 2015 06:00:58 Bret Busby wrote:
> Why does the Debian standard installation iso image, not include an
> "Abort installation" option (at each screen, although, even, a single
> instantiation, on the primary menu, would help, by rebooting the
> system into that menu, to do it
On 25/02/2015, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 20/02/2015, Bob Proulx wrote:
>> Bret Busby wrote:
>>> The Debian 7.60 LXDE LiveCD does not have an option to boot into rescue
>>> mode.
>>
>> You could always download the standard debian-installer and use that
>> to boot rescue mode. It is a very good opti
On 20/02/2015, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Bret Busby wrote:
>> The Debian 7.60 LXDE LiveCD does not have an option to boot into rescue
>> mode.
>
> You could always download the standard debian-installer and use that
> to boot rescue mode. It is a very good option.
>
In trying to use a standard Debian
On 20/02/2015, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Friday 20 February 2015 09:06:32 Bret Busby wrote:
>> (as reworded version of the quote from Hamlet; "Tomorrow, and
>> tomorrow, and tomorrow..."
>
> Sorry to quibble, but it's Macbeth.
>
> Lisi
>
I stand corrected.
"Mone me si erro"
"Errare est humanum (?)
On Fri 20 Feb 2015 at 16:26:03 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> I have searched and found
> http://www.linux.com/learn/tutorials/776643-how-to-rescue-a-non-booting-grub-2-on-linux/
>
> and have done ls, that shows 13 GPT partitions, of which, I know (or
> believe) that 3 are operating system installat
On Friday 20 February 2015 09:06:32 Bret Busby wrote:
> (as reworded version of the quote from Hamlet; "Tomorrow, and
> tomorrow, and tomorrow..."
Sorry to quibble, but it's Macbeth.
Lisi
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On 20/02/2015, Petter Adsen wrote:
>
> Also, have you looked at this:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-repair-cd/
>
> ?
>
> Maybe it would be a simple way to fix it?
>
> Petter
>
I will have to try that, next week.
I need to shut down the failed system, and, then, next week, when I
have
On 20/02/2015, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 20/02/2015, Bret Busby wrote:
>> On 20/02/2015, Bob Proulx wrote:
>>> Bret Busby wrote:
The Debian 7.60 LXDE LiveCD does not have an option to boot into rescue
mode.
>>>
>>> You could always download the standard debian-installer and use that
>>> t
On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 16:26:03 +0800
Bret Busby wrote:
> On 20/02/2015, Bret Busby wrote:
> > On 20/02/2015, Bob Proulx wrote:
> >> Bret Busby wrote:
> >>> The Debian 7.60 LXDE LiveCD does not have an option to boot into
> >>> rescue mode.
> >>
> >> You could always download the standard debian-i
On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 16:07:56 +0800
Bret Busby wrote:
> So, now, this has evovled to the new question; what do I type in at
> the GRUB prompt, to make it search for, and, offer as boot options,
> the pre-existing, installed, Ubuntu and Debian installations?
I found this:
http://members.iinet.net/
On 20/02/2015, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 20/02/2015, Bob Proulx wrote:
>> Bret Busby wrote:
>>> The Debian 7.60 LXDE LiveCD does not have an option to boot into rescue
>>> mode.
>>
>> You could always download the standard debian-installer and use that
>> to boot rescue mode. It is a very good opti
On 20/02/2015, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Bret Busby wrote:
>> The Debian 7.60 LXDE LiveCD does not have an option to boot into rescue
>> mode.
>
> You could always download the standard debian-installer and use that
> to boot rescue mode. It is a very good option.
>
> However if you have a livecd and y
Bret Busby wrote:
> The Debian 7.60 LXDE LiveCD does not have an option to boot into rescue mode.
You could always download the standard debian-installer and use that
to boot rescue mode. It is a very good option.
However if you have a livecd and you say you do then that should be
enough to do w
On 07/02/2015, Brian wrote:
> On Sat 07 Feb 2015 at 13:50:47 +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
>
>> Brian a écrit :
>> >
>> > 1. Boot in rescue mode.
>> >
>> > 2. Choose a root file system when you get to this screen.
>> >
>> > 3. Select 'Reinstall the GRUB boot loader."
>> >
>> > 4. Specify a device
Sorry to Diogene Laerce. I was very confused. And also, my answer
doesn't answer to any question, I fear. anyway:
thanks to this topic I have forced myself for trying to fix a trouble
with Grub, and indeed I have done!
well, my old PC had run a Mint 7, together with a winXP and Zenwalk.
Grub was i
On 02/07/2015 04:31 PM, Bret Busby wrote:
> On 07/02/2015, Diogene Laerce wrote:
>> On 02/07/2015 06:32 AM, Bret Busby wrote:
>>> Hello.
>> Hi,
>>
>>> [...] Now, the request is this; please advise the stepwise procedure for
>>> using a Debian 7.x LiveCD, to (attempt to) restore GRUB, so that the
On 07/02/2015, Diogene Laerce wrote:
>
> On 02/07/2015 06:32 AM, Bret Busby wrote:
>> Hello.
>
> Hi,
>
>> [...] Now, the request is this; please advise the stepwise procedure for
>> using a Debian 7.x LiveCD, to (attempt to) restore GRUB, so that the
>> GRUB menu is available and accessible and us
On Sat 07 Feb 2015 at 13:50:47 +0100, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
> Brian a écrit :
> >
> > 1. Boot in rescue mode.
> >
> > 2. Choose a root file system when you get to this screen.
> >
> > 3. Select 'Reinstall the GRUB boot loader."
> >
> > 4. Specify a device to install GRUB to.
>
> You don't sp
Brian a écrit :
>
> 1. Boot in rescue mode.
>
> 2. Choose a root file system when you get to this screen.
>
> 3. Select 'Reinstall the GRUB boot loader."
>
> 4. Specify a device to install GRUB to.
You don't specifiy a device when installing grub-efi. It installs in the
EFI system partition mo
On Sat 07 Feb 2015 at 13:32:41 +0800, Bret Busby wrote:
> Now, the request is this; please advise the stepwise procedure for
> using a Debian 7.x LiveCD, to (attempt to) restore GRUB, so that the
> GRUB menu is available and accessible and usable, and, detects the
> installed operating systems, an
On 02/07/2015 06:32 AM, Bret Busby wrote:
> Hello.
Hi,
> [...] Now, the request is this; please advise the stepwise procedure for
> using a Debian 7.x LiveCD, to (attempt to) restore GRUB, so that the
> GRUB menu is available and accessible and usable, and, detects the
> installed operating syst
Hello.
After a catastrophic attempt to install PC-BSD 10.1.1 on a GPT/UEFI
computer that had Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Debian Linux 7.x installed,
with the installed bootloader being GRUB, with the result being that,
after the misleadingly stated successful installation, upon booting,
when it gets to t
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