Upgraded from Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04 => Computer doesn't boot
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Upgraded from Ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04 => Computer doesn't boot
One hour ago I had a nice computer running Ubuntu 9.10 and I ran the update manager and clicked on update to 10.04 LTS distrubution. Now the computer wont boot! I get this message:
init: plymouth main process (3083) killed by SEGV signal
init: plymouth-splash main process (477) terminated with status 2
... and after that nothing happens unless I hit Ctrl-alt-delete.
Plz help me out, the rest of my family is lining up for a chance to punch me. Yes, I have googled around and I see that I'm not alone about this but how the heck can I get the computer working again? I have a rescue partition so I can boot up another installation on the same machine, can this help?
Distribution: Mandriva 2009 X86_64 suse 11.3 X86_64 Centos X86_64 Debian X86_64 Linux MInt 86_64 OS X
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If you do a clean install every think is gone .
But how do you install Ubuntu 9.10 ?
Which separate /home partition ?
In the last case backup /home and not format /home during install
The last several Ubuntu releases have been disasters. To get around that I (a long time ago) set up a separate /home partition, and two other partitions for the base system. Ubuntu gets clean installed each time, flip-flopping between those two partitions, but using the common /home. That way the installer recognises the users, and things continue to "just work". If you need to revert, re-boot the old partition, and again things "just work".
If you have space, you can do similarly - setup /home, create a new partition for the base, and install 10.04 into it mounting /home (no format) as part of the partitioning.
That way the installer recognises the users, and things continue to "just work". If you need to revert, re-boot the old partition, and again things "just work".
I will try that! Clever installer!
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Originally Posted by syg00
The last several Ubuntu releases have been disasters.
Maybe I'm not the person to judge, but exposing a button "Upgrade" to new distrubution in the GUI that makes your system unbootable without a decent chance to revert is really bad concidering Ubuntu's slogan "Linux for ordinary people". Anyone would have clicked that button...
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