[ubuntu-studio-devel] Possible Tester

Mon Mar 7 02:55:40 UTC 2016

The separate partition does not need to be accessable from grub, only from 
the operating system itself. On running a live disk it should be available in the
file manager or at least show up in Gparted, from which it can be mounted.

If the file system there cannot be mounted it may have been damaged, but most
of the files would still be OK if not overwritten. I would run data recovery FIRST
as a precaution against further damage, then attempt to repair the partition with
fsck. Do not try to fix the partition with a manual fsck run  first unless you are 
certain you do not plan to recover data from it, as files that get cut up as blocks 
are moved might not be recoverable by these tools.

There are all kinds of problems with bootloaders caused by UEFI but these should
not harm your data in most cases. There have on the other hand been UEFFI bugs
so bad they bricked the actual machines.

On 3/6/2016 at 9:47 PM, "Marvin U. Sotoamaya" <sotoamaya at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>There was a partition with all the files on it.
>The partition with all the files on it lost its grub access, thus 
>no
>access, despite the files still being there.
>US 16.04 was just as inaccessible, even though there was a very 
>fresh
>installation. The very same installation that took out my US 14.04 
>with all
>of my files.
>Lesson learned: Keep a complete backup of all important files on a 
>cloud!
>In case the system must be restored...
>
>On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 9:36 PM, <lukefromdc at hushmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Were those files overwritten, or just on a partition that got 
>formatted or
>> remade?
>>
>> If the partition was not used the files are still there, and 
>even if it
>> was data recovery
>> software like Foremost(in Ubuntu repos) or Photorec can often 
>get back
>> anything that
>> did not get physically overwritten.  I once had to use recovered 
>files
>> from a too-soon
>> cleared camera card for the entire second half of a video.
>>
>> On 3/6/2016 at 9:31 PM, "Marvin U. Sotoamaya" 
><sotoamaya at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >Hello everyone.
>> >How do you do?
>> >My best wishes to all!
>> >
>> >I have been reading many input comments.
>> >I downloaded a copy of Ubuntu Studio 16.04, prior to its release
>> >date, of
>> >course and attempted to install.
>> >The system did install, but did not function at all and found
>> >myself having
>> >to redo, install, reinstall, clean format the HDD, etc.
>> >I finally recovered the 14.04 system, but by then I had lost all
>> >my files
>> >because I could no longer access them.
>> >
>> >I am waiting for the official release and plan to install
>> >alongside, so as
>> >to be able to use both systems.
>> >
>> >It remains to be seen how it all integrates and functions
>> >altogether.
>> >
>> >Until then...
>> >Ta ta!
>> >
>> >
>> >On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 2:43 PM, Matthew Bearson
>> ><club.nintendo678 at gmail.com>
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hey there Ross,
>> >>     my Launchpad ID is mattb342
>> >>     thanks for the time to let me join, I happy to be here.
>> >>
>> >> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 5:38 AM, Fadhil Kadir
>> ><fadhil.hakadir at live.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hi Ross,
>> >>>
>> >>> My launchpad id: fadhil.hakadir
>> >>>
>> >>> :)
>> >>>
>> >>> Fadhil
>> >>>
>> >>> -------- Original Message --------
>> >>> From:Ross Gammon
>> >>> Sent:Sun, 06 Mar 2016 18:42:45 +0800
>> >>> To:ubuntu-studio-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
>> >>> Subject:Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Possible Tester
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi Fadhil Kadir,
>> >>>
>> >>> What is your Launchpad ID so we can recognise you there?
>> >>>
>> >>> On 03/02/2016 08:31 AM, Fadhil Kadir wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> > Sorry Matthew for barging in your email but I've signed up 
>to
>> >the
>> >>> > mailing list last month but didn't manage to greet 
>everyone.
>> >>>
>> >>> It doesn't really matter how you first make contact, just 
>that
>> >you do it
>> >>> :-)
>> >>>
>> >>> > I am also relatively new to the world of Ubuntu Studio. I 
>ran
>> >it
>> >>> > previously when I was running my home studio few years 
>back.
>> >Previously,
>> >>> > it was abit bloated (to my poor old pc) and was not really
>> >well
>> >>> > supported, so I went around to Ubuntu MATE, Lubuntu and 
>also
>> >CentOS at
>> >>> > times. The newer versions seem much nicer and smoother, so 
>I
>> >am using it
>> >>> > now as my main OS. Thought I could contribute here and 
>there,
>> >if needed.
>> >>> >
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Hope to learn more from this group!
>> >>>
>> >>> Are you also interested in running some tests? Which part of
>> >Ubuntu
>> >>> Studio are you interested in (music, video, graphics,
>> >photography or all
>> >>> three)? Do you have any software development experience, or 
>in
>> >other
>> >>> areas like publicity, art work etc.?
>> >>>
>> >>> For learning about using Ubuntu Studio and the bundled
>> >applications for
>> >>> creative tasks, make sure you follow and post to the Ubuntu
>> >Studio Users
>> >>> List as well
>> >>> (https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/Ubuntu-Studio-
>> >users). Many of
>> >>> us are subscribed to both.
>> >>>
>> >>> Cheers,
>> >>>
>> >>> Ross
>> >>>
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>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >Yours truly,
>> >
>> >Marv - The Marvster
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