Iqbal_
May 12th, 2011, 05:57 AM
Hi,
Laptop details:
64 Bits
Dual boot with Vista and Ubuntu 9.10. Both running successfully.
Intel core 2 duo processor, nVidia cards
500 GB HDD, 4 GB RAM
I upgraded to ubuntu 11.04 from ubuntu 9.10.
I used live cd then chosen boot option (pressing F6) nomodeset. Now system was running from Live CD.
Thereafter ubuntu 11.04 was installed. The next day problem came up.
Yesterdays experience:
If I do not put live CD, then (grub rescue) prompt comes up.
After booting from LIve CD (using boot option nomodeset), I ran the terminal and used fsck. fsck fixed a partition. Then I started installing ubuntu 11.04. In ubuntu I have 4 partitions - 1. / 2. /boot 3. /home and 4. swap. When the partitions came up I chose to format / and /boot partitions and pressed Forward button. The progress bar was showing that it is copying files. This process was taking more than usual time. During all this process a message was coming up saying "A disk is reporting health problem. Examine-Cancel-OK buttons".
Then finally installer crashed, with the following message.
"[Errno 30] Read only file system: /target/usr/Share/gwibber/ui/themes/default. This is oftem due to a faulty disk. It may help to check whether the hard disk is old and in need of replacement or move the system to a cooler environment."
Finally installation failed.
Another message at the same time was saying that details are in /var/log/syslog and /var/log/partmanlog files. In order to get these two log file, I put the usb drive in. The Place menu was listing the usb drive but not mounting it. I tried to copy these log file to usb drive using cp command in terminal- this command did not give any error. When I checked the drive on another computer for files, these log files were not copied to usb drive. Therefore I can not provide those log file here.
During this process, it was also saying that there was problem with ubiquity.
Now I have following problems:
1- How to solve this problem and restore this system?
2- At the time of installing ubuntu 11.04, I chose to encrypt my home folder. Now I am not able to get it. How to get my files back from this encrypted folder?
3- Windows partitions are listed in Places menu but not mounted. How to get the files from those folders?
Once I get my files back, I can fearlessly delete/format partitions.
Laptop details:
64 Bits
Dual boot with Vista and Ubuntu 9.10. Both running successfully.
Intel core 2 duo processor, nVidia cards
500 GB HDD, 4 GB RAM
I upgraded to ubuntu 11.04 from ubuntu 9.10.
I used live cd then chosen boot option (pressing F6) nomodeset. Now system was running from Live CD.
Thereafter ubuntu 11.04 was installed. The next day problem came up.
Yesterdays experience:
If I do not put live CD, then (grub rescue) prompt comes up.
After booting from LIve CD (using boot option nomodeset), I ran the terminal and used fsck. fsck fixed a partition. Then I started installing ubuntu 11.04. In ubuntu I have 4 partitions - 1. / 2. /boot 3. /home and 4. swap. When the partitions came up I chose to format / and /boot partitions and pressed Forward button. The progress bar was showing that it is copying files. This process was taking more than usual time. During all this process a message was coming up saying "A disk is reporting health problem. Examine-Cancel-OK buttons".
Then finally installer crashed, with the following message.
"[Errno 30] Read only file system: /target/usr/Share/gwibber/ui/themes/default. This is oftem due to a faulty disk. It may help to check whether the hard disk is old and in need of replacement or move the system to a cooler environment."
Finally installation failed.
Another message at the same time was saying that details are in /var/log/syslog and /var/log/partmanlog files. In order to get these two log file, I put the usb drive in. The Place menu was listing the usb drive but not mounting it. I tried to copy these log file to usb drive using cp command in terminal- this command did not give any error. When I checked the drive on another computer for files, these log files were not copied to usb drive. Therefore I can not provide those log file here.
During this process, it was also saying that there was problem with ubiquity.
Now I have following problems:
1- How to solve this problem and restore this system?
2- At the time of installing ubuntu 11.04, I chose to encrypt my home folder. Now I am not able to get it. How to get my files back from this encrypted folder?
3- Windows partitions are listed in Places menu but not mounted. How to get the files from those folders?
Once I get my files back, I can fearlessly delete/format partitions.