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Here's the new thread I started: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2157302

Hi guys,

I wounder if anybody can help with this issue:

I moved my /home folder to a new partition, following this guide:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving

The...

OK, let me do that. Thanks everybody for the support.

I actually saved that passphrase

When I moved /home to its own partition, I followed this:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Partitioning/Home/Moving

Now the data in that partition occupies...

OK, thanks....I'm leaning towards that.

I have a couple of concerns:

1) my /home was encrypted. I have a backup, but I wonder if I will be able to restore it to an unencrypted new /home. Is my...

this is like the Seinfeld episode where you can't get delivery because 'you named names' ! :-)

grub-common is no longer installed:

root@ubuntu:/# dpkg --purge grub-common
dpkg: warning: there's no installed package matching grub-common

then I follow all the steps and this is what I get:...

oldfred, this is screwed up...I ran all those commands and it stops at the same place:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
grub-common : Depends: liblzma2 (>= 4.999.9beta) but it is...

I just tried installing grub-common using aptitude and I got the same error, but a little bit more info:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
grub-common : Depends: liblzma2 (>=...

I'm using a 12.04 live usb, and that's the version I have installed

I followed drs305 instructions and I get stuck at step #4, when trying to install grub-common (see the attached image). This is...

I removed the invalid ppa, but that doesn't seem to be the issue.

Here's the updated info from boot-repair: http://paste.ubuntu.com/5791263/

Thanks a lot for helping me with this!

Hi oldfred, guys,

I'm back!

I was able to follow your suggestions:

- cleaned up the computer
- made new partition where I moved /home to (I think I screwed something up here, as my data now...

Thank you guys, for all the help and feedback.

@oldfred I'm going through each one of those links cleaning up stuff. This is very helpful.

I had to order an external hard drive to back up all...

Yann, let me start working on those backups...thanks!

My PC is at least 6 years old...

I don't see an option for LBA on my BIOS. I'm attaching a few pictures of the BIOS config...let me know if you want to see another menu I didn't include.
...

oldfred, thanks for the reply

I checked my BIOS and it doesn't offer the AHCI mode. I'm on IDE. Is this an issue?

I followed two of the links above for cleaning up the system:

HOWTO:...

Hi guys,

I'm having an issue very similar to the one described on this thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2098185

As is that thread, the grub menu doesn't point to the last kernel...