[Bug 926848] Re: Cannot Boot from Grub and Reinstall Crashed

[Yuriy Kuzma]

** Description changed:

  I currently have Ubuntu 11.10 installed on my laptop. My problems
  started when I was trying to move a movie to my flash drive. For some
  reason, as the file was being written, it slowed down. It kept writing
  but just enough to keep it at "4 minutes remaining." Basically after an
  hour I said screw it and pulled it out. That froze my computer, so I did
  a hard restart. This brought up Grub2. The reason I even mention this is
  because my flash drive still had a folder under /media in Grub even
  though I removed it. Trying to boot into any of the versions listed in
  Grub (non-safe mode) just listed a black screen with a blinking
  underscore. I'll edit and list what it says when it stops when trying to
  boot into safe mode (sorry, I forgot... it was a couple of days ago).
  Anyways, I then booted into a CD with Ubuntu 10.04 and tried to
  reinstall my system. Ubiquity then crashed so I attached my log files.
  Think I should try a full reinstall? If so, would anyone have an idea on
  how to get the files I have on my harddrive still?
  
  edit: Safe mode seems to be stopping where it is recognizing usb
- devices. Let me know if you want any more info.
+ devices. Let me know if you want any more info. Oh yeah, I'm was trying
+ to run ubiquity 2.6.10.

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Title:
  Cannot Boot from Grub and Reinstall Crashed

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I currently have Ubuntu 11.10 installed on my laptop. My problems
  started when I was trying to move a movie to my flash drive. For some
  reason, as the file was being written, it slowed down. It kept writing
  but just enough to keep it at "4 minutes remaining." Basically after
  an hour I said screw it and pulled it out. That froze my computer, so
  I did a hard restart. This brought up Grub2. The reason I even mention
  this is because my flash drive still had a folder under /media in Grub
  even though I removed it. Trying to boot into any of the versions
  listed in Grub (non-safe mode) just listed a black screen with a
  blinking underscore. I'll edit and list what it says when it stops
  when trying to boot into safe mode (sorry, I forgot... it was a couple
  of days ago). Anyways, I then booted into a CD with Ubuntu 10.04 and
  tried to reinstall my system. Ubiquity then crashed so I attached my
  log files. Think I should try a full reinstall? If so, would anyone
  have an idea on how to get the files I have on my harddrive still?

  edit: Safe mode seems to be stopping where it is recognizing usb
  devices. Let me know if you want any more info. Oh yeah, I'm was
  trying to run ubiquity 2.6.10.

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