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I recently tried to access my Ubuntu partition from windows to access some files using ext2fat. Once I tried booting back into Ubuntu I get the grub error “Minimal BASH like line editing is supported...”. I’ve already tried boot-recovery with no success, reinstating Ubuntu is not an option as I need some of the data. Thanks for your help in advance.

Elliot
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Yes, ext2fat corrupts Ubuntu partitions, as do other Windows drivers that say they'll let you read/write to Linux ext2/3/4 partitions. Uninstall it asap. Then do a file system check on Ubuntu, like so...

For 17.10 or older...

  • boot to the GRUB menu
  • choose Advanced Options
  • choose Recovery mode
  • choose Root access
  • at the # prompt, type sudo fsck -f /
  • repeat the fsck command if there were errors
  • type reboot

For 18.04 or newer...

  • boot to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB
  • open a terminal window
  • type sudo fdisk -l
  • identify the /dev/XXXX device name for your "Linux Filesystem"
  • type sudo fsck -f /dev/XXXX # replacing XXXX with the number you found earlier
  • repeat the fsck command if there were errors
  • type reboot

Note: if you wish to share files between Ubuntu and Windows, create a NTFS partition that both can read/write to.

heynnema
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  • when i run the command it gives this output: fsck from util-linux 2.33.1 e2fsck 1.44.6 (5-Mar-2019) fsck.ext2: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while trying to open /dev/sda4 Could this be a zero-length partition? – Elliot May 21 '19 at 22:48
  • @CalebSordelet Were you either in recovery mode, or booted to a Ubuntu Live DVD/USB? You can't run fsck on a mounted file system. If that's not the case, show me a screenshot of gparted... put it on imgur.com and give me the URL. – heynnema May 21 '19 at 22:54
  • im in a live usb – Elliot May 21 '19 at 23:04
  • @CalebSordelet Go ahead and get the gparted screenshot. Let me know when I can see it. – heynnema May 21 '19 at 23:05
  • actually im using testdisk right now and im able to recover my data that i need, i will just reinstall ubuntu, thanks for your suggestions and time! – Elliot May 21 '19 at 23:08
  • @CalebSordelet good enough. Remember to uninstall ext2fat asap. – heynnema May 21 '19 at 23:10