linux mint crash

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On 30 May 2015 at 10:27, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm just trying to reinstall Mint 17.1.But when you get to the partition
> window and select "something else" I know that mint is in sda4 ext4 so I
> click on it and on "continue" and I get " no root file system is defined"
> so what do I do with that? That's my question.
>
> On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I tried that and it went into a long list, did not equest password, and
>> rebooted in fallback mode
>>
>> On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm working with a group on the Mint forum and I'm trying to do a new
>>> install but when I select "some other way" in the partition in order to
>>> just replace Mint with the live DVD one I keep getting "no root file system
>>> is defined" and I don't know what to do with that
>>>
>>> On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm using Mint right now in fallback mode and cant get a
>>>> terminal.Firefox works.
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 9:55 AM, LP <linuxpusher2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> /var/log/apt/term.log or history.log
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 30 May 2015 at 09:55, LP <linuxpusher2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Use the live CD / DVD to look into Matt suggestion.
>>>>>> "No change in grub could do this, in all cases grub changes would
>>>>>> only affect booting, not even shutdown.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> See in /var/log/apt/term.log or history.log for the full list of
>>>>>> things that came with the last few updates, and file a bug report if
>>>>>> possible so that the Mint developers can have a look.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> / Matt"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 30 May 2015 at 09:52, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Chris, I tried it this am and all OK with the live DVD, without
>>>>>>> installing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 9:41 AM, LP <linuxpusher2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Use a live CD / DVD "try without installing".*
>>>>>>>> This is why I stopped using HDD Encryption.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 28 May 2015 at 13:01, Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Hello Mathieu, how do I check the log exactly?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre <
>>>>>>>>> mathieu.tl at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On May 28, 2015 12:02 PM, "Raymond House" <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > Hi, this morning I got an update for Mint 17.1 which included
>>>>>>>>>> something about grub2, after updating Mint crashes on start up.I get no
>>>>>>>>>> bottom tool bar and I have no way to see what is working and no way to shut
>>>>>>>>>> down so I use the power button.I get a window that says Mint has crashed
>>>>>>>>>> and to click if I want to restart it but it does not work, it just brings
>>>>>>>>>> up the same window again. Is there a way to restart it the way it was
>>>>>>>>>> before the update? I tried to reboot in recovery mode but it does not work.
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> No change in grub could do this, in all cases grub changes would
>>>>>>>>>> only affect booting, not even shutdown.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> See in /var/log/apt/term.log or history.log for the full list of
>>>>>>>>>> things that came with the last few updates, and file a bug report if
>>>>>>>>>> possible so that the Mint developers can have a look.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> / Matt
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