linux mint crash

[Raymond House]

As I mentionned earlier, the only way I can replace Mint with Mint in the
partiton window is to click on "something else" and then select the sda
that has the existing Mint on it but then I get "no root file system is
defined" when I click on continue.

On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 10:37 AM, LP <linuxpusher2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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