trouble booting Ubuntu

[Jude DaShiell]

My guess is, it wants you to key in root password so you can then run 
e2fsck and repair the system.  What ubuntu accessibility is like when 
this happens I do not know.

On Sat, 4 Mar 2017, Glenn At Home wrote:

> Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2017 13:29:50
> From: Glenn At Home <GErvin at cableone.net>
> To: Ubuntu-accessibility at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: trouble booting Ubuntu
> 
> Hi,
> I have Ubuntu in an external disk drive, I took the HD from my laptop and put in a larger drive, and for setting things up, I was able to boot to my old HD in the external drive via cable, and use the old install of Ubuntu.
> But the cord got unplugged during boot up and now it looks like a DOS terminal window, I cannot read the stuff on the screen, but I'm guessing that the prompt at the cursor reads boot:
> My question is,
> How does one get a failed Ubuntu to boot up in such a situation?
> Is it working at that prompt, and will it eventually boot up?
> I'm pretty sure there's no grub window, but there should be, but if there is, how many arrow downs is it on the GRUB menu to repair it?
> Thanks.
>
>
> Lenny/Glenn/N0YJV
> "Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances."
> Benjamin Franklin
>

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