After breaking Ubuntu I decided to reinstall Ubuntu, since I had heard it is quite simple with a live CD/USB, all you need to do is select "Something Else", then not select the "Format Partition" check box so that /home
is safe. When I actually tried to do this however, I get a dialog box like this:
This comes up a couple of seconds after it asks what time zone I'm in. And, as if it wasn't bad enough, I now can't boot Ubuntu, because I only get a purple screen. The Live USB was an ISO that I downloaded as a torrent from the website and claims to install Ubuntu 14.04.02 (x64 bit)
Research:
There is a bug report on launch pad, but I don't know what partman-target
is, and I really don't want to install the Ubuntu ISO again (especially with my internet), because it may not actually fix the error.
A second bug report exists with no real leads (unless I want to install Arch Linux like the 15th comment suggests) so I still can't find any real solutions, especially outside launch pad.
On the Ubuntu Forums there is a comprehensive guide on installing Ubuntu without losing data, but mentions nothing about the error, so is only useful considering my lackluster steps in the introduction
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installed on a different partition then your/home
in your original set-up? – Fabby Jun 30 '15 at 08:59/usr
,/etc
, or would that be/home
? I'm not sure what you mean by "unnecessary files" – Ben Hollier Jun 30 '15 at 12:17e2fsck -p -f -C 0 /dev/sdb1
on the partition from a live environment? Try if you havin't and post the results. – daltonfury42 Jul 04 '15 at 17:42sudo
), then it said I needed to run the command without-p
or-a
, so I removed them. It went through a progress bar and every so often asked if I wanted to fix some part of the partition, so I did. After that I ran the original command again and it didn't say anything of real use (It's hard to remember after rebooting on windows) – Ben Hollier Jul 04 '15 at 17:59