was new install 8.04 fail on boot

[nepal google]

I cannot access the original mail or replies, lost them and 
the install. First I then tried the fsck /dev/sda6 but that 
was obviously going to take an age and I didn't want to sit 
at the machine typing enter enter enter for 3 questions 
that kept coming up to ignore and fix errors. I thought if 
the drive is that badly screwed, no sense in trying to fix 
it. So I tried to do a backup of this partition but K3B 
just blows away DVD's like there's no tomorrow. So I went 
to do the fsck, had a look at the options and used the -cy 
options, but that was going to take forever too so 
interrupted it and completely messed up kde.

So then I decided I'd install 7.10 on that drive (hda), copy 
my existing data from hdb that I'm using now and make sure 
it is all working ok. Then I could sort out the problems 
with this drive hdb, i.e. partitions not in disk order and 
install 8.04 on here, but when I tried to update 7.10 on 
hda with all the updates, adept said something (ubuntu 
modules) was broken and could'nt commit changes.

So I'm sitting here giggling like a two year old, drooling 
into my lap and blowing bubbles with my saliva!

AFAICT, all the drive problems started when I tried a couple 
of flavours of BSD, that *is* the reason the partitions are 
out of order on my hdb drive and I'm fairly certain it 
screwed the hda drive too. Whether the hda drive is 
permanently screwed or not I don't know.

I do not have up to date backups of my most recent data, but 
it is not life or death if I lose anything, just damned 
annoying.

So I'm going to try setting hda just as a temporary 
partition that I can access from hdb, copy my home data to 
it and then reformat hdb and install 8.04 as 7.10 seems to 
be broken and won't commit any changes because of this 
broken package, unless someone has a better idea or can 
lend me a gun. ;)

Right now I'm going to walk slowly into town and back, 
slowly cos I have arthritis, and breath some cold fresh air 
before I do anything else.

nepal.