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Old 04-05-2010, 11:01 AM   #1
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To whom it may concern,

I am having trouble booting into linux mint. When the computer boots up it says something about network manager and then at the end the screen says starting crypto disk and ok. What could be the problem? This happened after I removed networkmanager from the os which is linux mint 8 fluxbox ce.
 
Old 04-05-2010, 04:42 PM   #2
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I am having trouble booting into linux mint. This happened after I removed networkmanager from the os which is linux mint 8 fluxbox ce.
Seems the boot process is looking for the application you say you removed. I suggest you boot with a rescue disk or a live CD that allows access to the file system on the HDD and restore the application file to its original directory. Perhaps just an empty file will be enough to fool the boot sequence.
 
Old 04-05-2010, 06:11 PM   #3
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How do I access the file system on the HDD to restore the application file through live cd? Forgive me I am a noob, your help is greatly appreciated.I know I would have to launch terminal, I just don't know the command line.
 
Old 04-06-2010, 02:43 AM   #4
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How do I access the file system on the HDD to restore the application file through live cd?
You will need to find the original path that was used at boot time for retrieving the missing file. In my system, and probably in most Linux if not all, it is stored at /etc/rc.d/init.d

I am not sure is if one can restore this file once it has been removed. I know the Knoppix live CD allows mounting of the HDD partitions so you should be able to find the /etc/rc.d/ directory by opening a terminal and using the 'cd' command to navigate there. Poking this file into the appropriate slot would need the 'touch' command. You can read the man pages on both these commands by using the terminal on the live distro.

My personal preference would be to use the facilities of a live distro to drag and drop any mission critical files that exists in your lost Home folder onto a pendrive, if you haven't got them backed up elsewhere. Once the appropriate partition is mounted, GUI facilities should work just fine.

Then re-install the distro from scratch, erasing the old install in the process. And ask yourself why you wanted to erase the Network manager in the first place :-)) It is started at boot time for some reason, isn't it?

I'm afraid I can't be any more help as I am no guru, even though I've used Linux for many years. My computer is a tool for me, not a hobby, so I've tended to acquire the little I know as and when I needed it.
 
  


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