15.-4 will not work, How can I go back to 14.10

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sun, 10 May 2015 10:43:54 -0400, Richard Barmann wrote:
>I have tried reinstalling 15.04 (Kubuntu) several times. I did the 
>upgrade , burned a new .ISO. and still 15.04 will not work. Is there a 
>way to go back to 14.10?

The answer to this question might sound hard hearted. There is way,
restore it from a backup.

You likely didn't make a backup. Always keep in mind this situation and
regularly backup the complete install. You need to do this from another
install or a live media.

You could simply cp, sync in some way, e.g. rsync or as I do, tar each
backup on it's own, without syncing.

I use scripts like this one:

$ cat bak_arch_halt 
#!/bin/bash
# bash bak_arch_halt

BACKUP_DIR_Q="/media/u1.linux/2015-May"
#BACKUP_DIR_Q="/media/u1.unix/2015-May"
BACKUP_DIR_A="/media/data2/2015-May"
#ARCH_BACKUP_NAME_EXTENSION=".pre.03.01"
ARCH_BACKUP_NAME_EXTENSION=".368_openbox-profile_improved" #_ipad_song.01" #.archvm.partitioned"
LOG=$BACKUP_DIR_Q/bak_arch_halt.log

function stopwatch_start
{
  STARTED=$(date +%s)
  if [ "$A_STARTED" = "" ] ; then
    A_STARTED=$STARTED
    echo
    echo "Turn off the monitor :)!"
    echo
    echo -n "$BACKUP backup started at "
    date -d @$STARTED
    echo                                 >> $LOG
    echo -n "$BACKUP backup started at " >> $LOG
    date -d @$STARTED                    >> $LOG
  else
    echo
    echo "Turn off the monitor :)!"
    echo
    echo "$BACKUP backup starting now."
    echo "$BACKUP backup starting now."  >> $LOG
  fi
}

function stopwatch_stop
{
  DONE=$(date +%s)
  ((MIN=(DONE-STARTED)/60)) ; ((SEC=(DONE-STARTED)%60))
  for ((i=1; i<=$SPACE; i++)) ; do echo -n " " >> $LOG
    done
  echo -n "           done at "                >> $LOG
  date -d @$DONE                               >> $LOG
  printf "attended time: %3d:%02d\n" $MIN $SEC >> $LOG
  echo                                         >> $LOG
}

cpufreq-set -g ondemand
mkdir -p $BACKUP_DIR_Q #; mkdir -p $BACKUP_DIR_A
clear
echo "Mount /media/u1.linux   Backup partition"
#echo "Mount /media/u1.unix    Backup partition"
#echo "      /media/data2      Backup partition"
#echo "      /media/debi386    Debian "
echo "      /media/archlinux  Arch Linux"
#echo "      /media/winos      winos"
#echo "      /media/archvm     archvm"
#echo "      /media/music3     Audio sessions originals"
#echo "      /media/u1.2music  Audio sessions snapshots"
#echo "      /media/debbsd     debbsd"
#echo "      /media/saucy      Kubuntu Saucy"
echo "and press enter to continue."
echo
echo "SHUTDOWN IS DISABLED"
read any_pushed_key

BACKUP_NAME_ADD=$(date "+%Y%m%d_%H%M%S")
A_STARTED=""

#BACKUP="MBRs"
#SPACE=${#BACKUP}
#stopwatch_start
#cd $BACKUP_DIR_A
#dd if=/dev/sda of=MBR_SDA-$BACKUP_NAME_ADD bs=512 count=1
#dd if=/dev/sdb of=MBR_SDB-$BACKUP_NAME_ADD bs=512 count=1
#dd if=/dev/sdc of=MBR_SDC-$BACKUP_NAME_ADD bs=512 count=1
#cd $BACKUP_DIR_Q
#dd if=/dev/sda of=MBR_SDA-$BACKUP_NAME_ADD bs=512 count=1
#dd if=/dev/sdb of=MBR_SDB-$BACKUP_NAME_ADD bs=512 count=1
#dd if=/dev/sdc of=MBR_SDC-$BACKUP_NAME_ADD bs=512 count=1
#stopwatch_stop

#BACKUP="Debian"
#SPACE=${#BACKUP}
#cd /media/debi386
#stopwatch_start
#tar -czf $BACKUP_DIR_Q/debi386_$BACKUP_NAME_ADD.bak.tar.gz * .config
#echo "tar exit status: $?" >> $LOG
#stopwatch_stop

BACKUP="Arch Linux"
SPACE=${#BACKUP}
cd /media/archlinux
stopwatch_start
tar -czf $BACKUP_DIR_Q/archlinux_$BACKUP_NAME_ADD$ARCH_BACKUP_NAME_EXTENSION.bak.tar.gz * .chuser
echo "tar exit status: $?" >> $LOG
stopwatch_stop

#BACKUP="Arch Linux home"
#SPACE=${#BACKUP}
#stopwatch_start
#mkdir $BACKUP_DIR_Q/archlinux_home_$BACKUP_NAME_ADD$ARCH_BACKUP_NAME_EXTENSION.bak
#cp -pri /media/archlinux/home/rocketmouse $BACKUP_DIR_Q/archlinux_home_$BACKUP_NAME_ADD$ARCH_BACKUP_NAME_EXTENSION.bak 
#echo "cp  exit status: $?" >> $LOG
#stopwatch_stop

#BACKUP="winos"
#SPACE=${#BACKUP}
#cd /media/winos/
#stopwatch_start
#tar -czf $BACKUP_DIR_Q/archwinos_$BACKUP_NAME_ADD$ARCH_BACKUP_NAME_EXTENSION.bak.tar.gz *
#echo "tar exit status: $?" >> $LOG
#stopwatch_stop

#BACKUP="archvm"
#SPACE=${#BACKUP}
#cd /media/archvm/
#stopwatch_start
#tar -czf $BACKUP_DIR_Q/arch_a_vm_$BACKUP_NAME_ADD$ARCH_BACKUP_NAME_EXTENSION.bak.tar.gz *
#echo "tar exit status: $?" >> $LOG
#stopwatch_stop

#BACKUP="Session arch2014.1"
#SPACE=${#BACKUP}
#cd /media/music3/arch2014.1
#stopwatch_start
#tar -czf\
 #$BACKUP_DIR_Q/session_arch2014.1$ARCH_BACKUP_NAME_EXTENSION"_"$BACKUP_NAME_ADD$ARCH_BACKUP_NAME_EXTENSION.bak.tar.gz\
 #* .tmp*
#echo "tar exit status: $?" >> $LOG
#stopwatch_stop

#BACKUP="u1.2music"
#SPACE=${#BACKUP}
#cd /media/u1.2music
#stopwatch_start
#tar -czf\
 #$BACKUP_DIR_Q/sessions_u1.2music$ARCH_BACKUP_NAME_EXTENSION"_"$BACKUP_NAME_ADD$ARCH_BACKUP_NAME_EXTENSION.bak.tar.gz *
#echo "tar exit status: $?" >> $LOG
#stopwatch_stop

#BACKUP="debbsd"
#SPACE=${#BACKUP}
#cd /media/debbsd/
#stopwatch_start
#tar -czf $BACKUP_DIR_Q/arch_debbsd_$BACKUP_NAME_ADD$ARCH_BACKUP_NAME_EXTENSION.bak.tar.gz *
#echo "tar exit status: $?" >> $LOG
#stopwatch_stop

#BACKUP="Kubuntu Saucy"
#SPACE=${#BACKUP}
#cd /media/saucy
#stopwatch_start
#tar czf $BACKUP_DIR_Q/kubuntu_saucy_$BACKUP_NAME_ADD.bak.tar.gz *
#echo "tar exit status: $?" >> $LOG
#stopwatch_stop

((MIN=(DONE-A_STARTED)/60)) ; ((SEC=(DONE-A_STARTED)%60))
echo                                                         >> $LOG
echo -n "First backup started at "                           >> $LOG
date -d @$A_STARTED                                          >> $LOG
echo -n        "Last  backup    done at "                    >> $LOG
date -d @$DONE                                               >> $LOG
printf "attended time for all backups: %3d:%02d\n" $MIN $SEC >> $LOG
echo                                                         >> $LOG

#echo "Power off in 28 Minutes. Run shutdown -c to cancel the shutdown."
#shutdown -hP 28

exit 0