linux mint crash

[LP]

simple fix just do a complete fresh install and pick install beside.
then you can still get at any data you have saved on original install



On 30 May 2015 at 10:32, LP <linuxpusher2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> are you trying to save your data from old install
>
>
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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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