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How do I re-install Ubuntu 10.04

Asked by James B. Murphy

Hello,

I have been running 10.04 since April without any (I mean any) problems.

I recently upgraded to 10.10 and have had nothing but problems......

Although the install itself went without errors, there are continuing problems

Booth errors finding the "modules.dep" file, which is in fact there and in the correct directory?

Shutdown errors, seem to be slightly different each time?

Several instances of Ubuntu 10.10 freezing up in:
    Firefox (3)
    OpenOffice 3.2 wordprocessor (2)

Each time information was lost and I had to perform the process all over again.

I do not know if the FATAL error when loading the modules.dep file is related to the problems above and therefore
when this is solved, the other issues will go away?

BOTTOMLINE

I would like to understand the best method(s) for

1. Uninstalling 10.10

and

2. Re-installing 10.04

Thank you

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

boot to root recovery mode and run:

sudo depmod -a

Then reboot, should fix it

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James B. Murphy (james-b-murphy) said : 		#2

Hello,

I have tried to boot to recovery mode with out success.........

I am unable to get to the grub prompt to enter your suggested command.....
Can you helpme further?

Thanks,
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actionparsnip proposed the following answer:
boot to root recovery mode and run:

sudo depmod -a

Then reboot, should fix it

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Then you will need to reinstall grub to get a boot.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/ubuntu/reinstall-ubuntu-grub-bootloader-after-windows-wipes-it-out/

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