Re: 8.10 Rescue Mode

I was able to do the following steps in live-cd boot succesfully:

sudo mkdir /mnt/sysimage
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/sysimage

I did not try to do 'chroot /mnt/sysimage' since I was able to do my repairs
without changing the root directory.

Thanks,
Alex


On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Alex Katebi <alex.katebi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:



On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 11:41 AM, Charlie Kravetz <
cjk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:32:38 -0500
"Alex Katebi" <alex.katebi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi,

I am a transferee from Fedora and so far I am loving Ubuntu. I have a
big problem. I don't know how to get into the rescue mode. Yes I read
the docs but they are for 8.04 and they don't help much. "At boot
prompt type rescue then Enter" does not apply to 8.10 desktop. There
is not boot prompt. F6 and kernel arguments did not care for rescue
keyword. Can someone please help me before I go back to Fedora 10.

Thanks,
-Alex

You did not say, but I guess you are using the 8.10 desktop cd
(LiveCD)? If you hit F1, then hilight F4 and hit enter, it tells you
"there is no dedicated rescue mode on this cd, but you can use this
live cd to rescue the broken system".


I did see that and booted into the live cd. However I need to chroot to my
install and did not know where my install is mounted. I guess I need to
mount my install then chroot to it. But does the live cd make my install
visible for mounting? What is the exact steps when in livecd if you know?




Also, if you get a GRUB loading.... message on the install, hit ESC and
then use recovery mode option to try to fix your system.


I don't see GRUB load message since this is a vmware install not a dual
boot.




Good luck,

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