Ubuntu 10.10 won't start

[zander x]

Hello.

I was copying images to my desktop yesterday. The first folder went fine, then the second one started to have problems copying and then deleting. I figured that would be a good time to reset the computer. Some sort of HD error has occurred because now, Ubuntu won't start up.

I took a picture of the screen. Any clues on how to get around this little problem?

[zander x]

Anyone?

[Bashing-om]

zander x;

Just saw your post ...try this to repair your file system.


1. Boot from the Ubuntu Live CD;
2. Open a Terminal;
3. in the terminal run:

sudo fdisk -l

(to get the device name) then press ENTER;
4..in the terminal run:

sudo fsck /dev/sdXY

where XY replace with the results of fdisk (ie sda1),then press ENTER;
5. Restart the system and boot normally.

[linux_tech]

From live CD, open terminal, and type in

sudo fsck /dev/ubuntu partition

[josephmills]

10.10 is unsupported you may want to upgrade
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

meaning you are not going to get security updates

[zander x]

Thanks for your help, guys! Now I can get back to Ubuntu, but now it's very slow loading. I suspect the hard drive is going bad.

I know 10.10 isn't supported, but I thought I had installed 10.04 when I put it on this computer. I don't like the new versions because the new Gnome and Unity are crap. I feel like I've been bullied into a choice by some megamanical company from Cupertino or Redmond.

[Bashing-om]

Good deal !

As the original situation is resolved, Please mark this thread as solved.

Start new thread with the slow loading situation and we will cope with it on a case by case basis.

kind regards <==BDQ