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RE: The old chap has done a stupid thing.

bigdaddy — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:08:40 GMT

Double posting, sorry.
The boot menu now seems to have resolved itself. After using my spare HH 8.04.1 drive several times I have just replaced it with my original reinstalled drive. Everything went like clock work, so I may not have to ponce about with sorting out Grub.:D
Thank you all who helped me.:D:D

RE: The old chap has done a stupid thing.

bigdaddy — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:47:16 GMT

I realised that most of my data was backed up to my USB pen drive, so things are not as bad they seem.:)
Is it possible to copy the boot information from the working system to the duff one? I thought of using using a USB drive and Live CD.
It will all have to wait until much later, as I will be playing out in the garage with my nice shiny new toy all morning and I have to take Tilly Mint shopping this afternoon, as her friend no longer has a car.

RE: The old chap has done a stupid thing.

Bruce R — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:28:40 GMT

Hi bigdaddy :)
Sounds like a problem that I used to have with my [A] rig triple boot when using Ubuntu Manual install. I soon learned that I needed to delete the existing partition and its installation, and then re-create and define a new installation with the Partition Installer.
It's now become second nature every time that I thus use its automatic drive scan and multi-boot GRUB menu installation. :cool:
I hope that this advice helps. ;)

RE: The old chap has done a stupid thing.

Sparky — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:42:35 GMT

[quote][b]bigdaddy (03/10/2008)[/b][hr] I didn't want to lose the last five years accounts by jumping in with both feet.:) [/quote]

5 years of accounts with no back up?:Wow:

How many articles have there been about backing stuff up.;)
Back mine up after every update to my records.(Only after losing 3 months work due to major crash.;) )

Edit
If you have a separate home partition you could reinstall without formating it.

RE: The old chap has done a stupid thing.

MartenReed — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:41:09 GMT

Have you tried turning it off and on again? :hehe:

RE: The old chap has done a stupid thing.

bigdaddy — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:38:51 GMT

Thanks but all I could get is the wallpaper, nowt else. Totally unable to access anything in Gnome. After using the live CD to copy my important files I reinstalled. Big mistake it seems to have screwed the bootloader completely. It left me unable to access neither Vi$ta nor XP.
Fortunately I had an old drive with HH 8.04.1 installed and that enabled me to access Vi$ta which I am now using to type this. I think I need to try to sort out the Grub on the main Ubuntu drive.:rolleyes:

RE: The old chap has done a stupid thing.

wyliecoyoteuk — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:04:46 GMT

If you are sure that it was uninstalling evo that did it, try

sudo apt-get -install evolution

RE: The old chap has done a stupid thing.

wyliecoyoteuk — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:37:38 GMT

Trouble is that evo is quite locked into gnome, you may have removed a dependency for gnome.

RE: The old chap has done a stupid thing.

bigdaddy — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:49:43 GMT

Thanks chaps, I have managed to recover my household accounts using the Live CD, so I will now try some more options. I didn't want to lose the last five years accounts by jumping in with both feet.:)

RE: The old chap has done a stupid thing.

EdP — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:43:19 GMT

Is the Recovery Mode boot option available to you? If so there are a lot of Google hints on how to repair a broken Ubuntu desktop.

RE: The old chap has done a stupid thing.

Bruce R — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:37:16 GMT

I'd recommend using the fast PartEdMagic 3.0 mini distro or Mint5 LiveCDs, plus a USB stick large enough to copy your /home contents to ? :)

RE: The old chap has done a stupid thing.

bigdaddy — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:33:15 GMT

Thanks Basil, I was thinking of giving that a try.:D
I was really wondering if there was a repair option similar to Window$.

RE: The old chap has done a stupid thing.

Basil — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:27:26 GMT

Use a LiveCD and copy the contents of your /home?

The old chap has done a stupid thing.

bigdaddy — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:23:57 GMT

This morning I tried to be clever and uninstalled Evolution as it kept screwing up my Thunderbird email system.
I have just switched on after being out all morning and I cannot get into my Ubuntu setup. The logon sound and my wall paper are OK, but other than that the screen is blank.
I have tried all the repair options in Grub to no avail. Is there a way of recovering my setup without a reinstall? I really need to get some things from my Home folder.:crazy: