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However, it would be nice to have a backup/clone as to not make things worse but unfortunately you do not have the capability. From your postings I do not have a an exact understanding of the "condition" of the disk at the moment so
my confidence is not very high.
You might be able to use the smartctl command to examine the drive's on-board diagnostics of itself. (The so-called "S.M.A.R.T." software that's built in to every modern drive.) If the drive is malfunctioning, get rid of the damned thing, because things will never get better.
However, it would be nice to have a backup/clone as to not make things worse but unfortunately you do not have the capability. From your postings I do not have a an exact understanding of the "condition" of the disk at the moment so
my confidence is not very high.
/dev/sda3 has unsupported feature(s): metadata_csum
There are no hidden reasons. Ubuntu 13 is to old. It went End of Live in 2014.
It does not support features that are installed on the newer filesystem on the hard disk.
As posted upgrading from older unsupported versions is difficult if not impossible. Your time is much better spent on installing something current.
Your sort of stuck because you only have one USB flash drive. What other resources do you have available?
There are no hidden reasons. Ubuntu 13 is to old. It went End of Live in 2014.
It does not support features that are installed on the newer filesystem on the hard disk.
As posted upgrading from older unsupported versions is difficult if not impossible. Your time is much better spent on installing something current.
Your sort of stuck because you only have one USB flash drive. What other resources do you have available?
Two USB flash drives, but can't copy the image right for any reason.
I'm almost giving it up. It's sad, was spent time. Variables were declared in machine language, is nobody's duty know that. What is not a logical issue, I mean. 'dd' could be anything else and so on.. People are ego filled in this area, when have nothing to be proud. It's just humanity sense and have domain effectively. Sorry.
People are ego filled in this area, when have nothing to be proud. It's just humanity sense and have domain effectively. Sorry.
Very-knowledgeable people here are right now trying sincerely to help you. Please respect the community.
Every single one of us, at one time or another, has been exactly where you are, and "we feel your pain." That's why we do this. Your present situation is actually not as bad as it seems.
Right now, I recommend that you install a current Linux distribution, right on top of the one that you are currently running. You are using a distribution with filesystem support that is today "too old." A fresh-install should recognize that it is being applied on top of an existing installation, and should replace only the relevant system files.
"Upgrade" processes generally only work "from the immediately-previous version," while here you need to make a bigger jump. A reinstall should, I expect, do the right thing.
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Very-knowledgeable people here are right now trying sincerely to help you. Please respect the community.
Every single one of us, at one time or another, has been exactly where you are, and "we feel your pain." That's why we do this. Your present situation is actually not as bad as it seems.
Right now, I recommend that you install a current Linux distribution, right on top of the one that you are currently running. You are using a distribution with filesystem support that is today "too old." A fresh-install should recognize that it is being applied on top of an existing installation, and should replace only the relevant system files.
"Upgrade" processes generally only work "from the immediately-previous version," while here you need to make a bigger jump. A reinstall should, I expect, do the right thing.
How could I do this if can't get accesss to the mirrors?
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Secure Connection Failed
An error occurred during a connection to askubuntu.com. Cannot communicate securely with peer: no common encryption algorithm(s). (Error code: ssl_error_no_cypher_overlap)
And how can I feel me good to work if suddenly the system crashes, technically without a reason or at least one justifiable?
How could I do this if can't get accesss to the mirrors?
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Secure Connection Failed
An error occurred during a connection to askubuntu.com. Cannot communicate securely with peer: no common encryption algorithm(s). (Error code: ssl_error_no_cypher_overlap)
Again, no idea what you're talking about; what mirrors?? Going to Ubuntu.com gives me a very clear download button....one click and it downloads, or you can easily find links on that very page that let you download other versions, and even bittorrent links. What else do you need???
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And how can I feel me good to work if suddenly the system crashes, technically without a reason or at least one justifiable?
Again, EVERY COMPUTER CRASHES EVENTUALLY. Your hardware is going bad, period. Nothing magical about that, and it happens to everyone. That's it. Replace your bad hardware and move on. Restore from backups.
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I could say that for you, about my country. sory.
And we have NO IDEA what country you're in...the only things we know is that you aren't asking clear questions, providing details, and seem to ignore what everyone is telling you.
If I understand you correctly, you are looking for a Linux image, preferably Ubuntu based, that will run on your hardware and work well. Bonus if it will actually let you read that partition so you can access those files that you value yet failed to back up.
We might be able to help with that.
Current Ubuntu, the main distribution, is 64-bit only. We need to know if your machine is 32-bit or 64-bit, if it is traditional BIO or EFI based, what media you currently have, what you intend to boot from, and what resources you have to load a boot device.
We cannot help you if we are kept in the dark. Some of us CAN do what look like magic, but we need someplace to START!
If I understand you correctly, you are looking for a Linux image, preferably Ubuntu based, that will run on your hardware and work well. Bonus if it will actually let you read that partition so you can access those files that you value yet failed to back up.
We might be able to help with that.
Current Ubuntu, the main distribution, is 64-bit only. We need to know if your machine is 32-bit or 64-bit, if it is traditional BIO or EFI based, what media you currently have, what you intend to boot from, and what resources you have to load a boot device.
We cannot help you if we are kept in the dark. Some of us CAN do what look like magic, but we need someplace to START!
What can you tell us that might help us help you?
Ok, could you send me by email? I used to use Debian 10 before this crashs.
I've a flash drive to boot.
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Bonus if it will actually let you read that partition so you can access those files that you value yet failed to back up.
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