Ubuntu
linux package

Oneiric unstable: cant get ubuntu to boot up

Asked by greg white

hi i have 11.04 and wanted to try 11.10 followed directives and said yes then installed, after a while the upgrade said cant install so i stopped . and when went to start my computer the next day it would not boot up, it is showing in the boot up cycle that 11.10 is installed, i have installed 10.10 along side of this to get access to my files , can i some how try and fix the old one from here.

regards greg
sorry about being long winded

Question information

Language:
English Edit question
Status:
Answered
For:
Ubuntu linux Edit question
Assignee:
No assignee Edit question
Last query:
Last reply:
Revision history for this message
Felix (apoapo) said : 		#1

You can try to "chroot" into your broken system from your working system.

When you have set up the chroot environment, run apt-get update, apt-get upgrade, etc to fix the broken upgrade process.

Here is a how-to for chrooting into a system:

http://superuser.com/questions/111152/whats-the-proper-way-to-prepare-chroot-to-recover-a-broken-linux-installation

Can you help with this problem?

Provide an answer of your own, or ask greg white for more information if necessary.

To post a message you must log in.