Re: Ubuntu 9.10 boot problems after automatic update - OK now

Nils Kassube wrote:
valhalla2100@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I got another automatic update tonight. After the update was
completed I got the screen of death. Attempted to reboot and
I got a message that certain files were missing and I had to
so a reinstall.


I don't think I ever saw that message but was there some info which
files were missing? Maybe they could be copied from a LiveCD.

Will this re-install delete the files of the previous 9.10
environment? Will I be able to access them?

Yes, a reinstall usually deletes everything of the previous install.
However your personal files can be preserved if you select the manual
partitioning during the installation dialog. There you select the same
file system you have now (probably ext3 because yours is an upgrade from
9.04) and don't select to format the partition. You will get a warning
with an explanation that system directories will be removed but the
/home directory will be preserved. However I would recommend to backup
your important files to an external drive anyway. You can do that from a
LiveCD before you start the installation.


Nils

I am lucky. Turned the computer on today and it booted up. Thanks for the
advice. I hope that nothing happens again. This was a strange problem. I
guess that during the intervening time Ubuntu healed itself even while the
computer was in an "off" state. I did nothing to fix it.

I understand that there is a way to back up files. I need to pull out
the Ubuntu
book that I purchased from Barnes & Noble. Most of what I have that needs
to be save are e/m notes - mostly Google Alerts.

I am also very lucky that this group exists. This was not the first time
that
people have put forth advice to help me get out of some jam.

While writing this I think that I figure out what top posting means. I got a
few complaints about this. Did not change the way I was posting because
I did not understand what it meant. From now on I will put my responses
and comments at the bottom of the page.

Thanks

Thomas

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