stefan13
November 25th, 2013, 07:32 PM
Hi guys,
I have spend the past 3 hours completely failing to get my computer running back as normal. A little background of what I've done:
I had Ubuntu and Windows 7 dual boot on 1 hard disk installed. Things worked perfectly and smoothly.
However, I wanted to change the ubuntu to biolinux, so I downloaded the biolinux iso, mounted it onto a USB, made a Biolinux Live Usb, and tried installing that on my computer. Now, as I was runing through the instal process one of the options given to me was to replace ubuntu with biolinux - perfect for what I wanted.
I clicked on the option, guided through the installation process, but within 3 minutes CRASH! error - some files could not be copied, possibly due to a faulty CD / USB or Hard drive.
I got slightly confused, and after a computer reset, I got greeted by the very common
Error: unknown filesystem
grub rescue >
I also, perhaps foolishly, tried to instal Biolinux alongisde the current partitions, so now my HDD looks like this, and nothing is bootable:
http://i.imgur.com/kp73JiN.png
Now I googled around, tried a little bit, and figured I'd use boot repair:
2nd option : install Boot-Repair in Ubuntu
- boot your computer on a Ubuntu live-CD or live-USB. (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD)
- choose "Try Ubuntu"
- connect internet
- open a new Terminal (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Terminal), then type:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair && sudo apt-get update- Press Enter.
- Then type:
sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && (boot-repair &)- Press Enter
Which leads me to a horrible loop error:
http://i.imgur.com/YC0bVDO.pnga
At this point, no matter what I do, Boot repair seems stuck in a loop and can't do anything useful. I recieved
paste.ubuntu.com/6474752 as an error earlier.
Perhaps I have to have a CD? I'm not sure, all I know is I'm stuck and I've lost the use of my laptop.
If anyone can assist me and guide me in the correct way to sort this horrible problem out! All I want is to delete the old ubuntu and have Biolinux installed, not both at the same time!
Many thanks!
I have spend the past 3 hours completely failing to get my computer running back as normal. A little background of what I've done:
I had Ubuntu and Windows 7 dual boot on 1 hard disk installed. Things worked perfectly and smoothly.
However, I wanted to change the ubuntu to biolinux, so I downloaded the biolinux iso, mounted it onto a USB, made a Biolinux Live Usb, and tried installing that on my computer. Now, as I was runing through the instal process one of the options given to me was to replace ubuntu with biolinux - perfect for what I wanted.
I clicked on the option, guided through the installation process, but within 3 minutes CRASH! error - some files could not be copied, possibly due to a faulty CD / USB or Hard drive.
I got slightly confused, and after a computer reset, I got greeted by the very common
Error: unknown filesystem
grub rescue >
I also, perhaps foolishly, tried to instal Biolinux alongisde the current partitions, so now my HDD looks like this, and nothing is bootable:
http://i.imgur.com/kp73JiN.png
Now I googled around, tried a little bit, and figured I'd use boot repair:
2nd option : install Boot-Repair in Ubuntu
- boot your computer on a Ubuntu live-CD or live-USB. (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootFromCD)
- choose "Try Ubuntu"
- connect internet
- open a new Terminal (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Terminal), then type:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair && sudo apt-get update- Press Enter.
- Then type:
sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && (boot-repair &)- Press Enter
Which leads me to a horrible loop error:
http://i.imgur.com/YC0bVDO.pnga
At this point, no matter what I do, Boot repair seems stuck in a loop and can't do anything useful. I recieved
paste.ubuntu.com/6474752 as an error earlier.
Perhaps I have to have a CD? I'm not sure, all I know is I'm stuck and I've lost the use of my laptop.
If anyone can assist me and guide me in the correct way to sort this horrible problem out! All I want is to delete the old ubuntu and have Biolinux installed, not both at the same time!
Many thanks!