[wellylug] Repairing Ubuntu

[John Durham]

Jethro Carr wrote:
> On Sat, 2009-07-18 at 08:42 +1200, John Durham wrote:
>> Some time ago a clever person sent me a 2 command solution for repairing 
>> Ubuntu using the live CD.
>>
>> Now Ubuntu has gone down again. In spite of my precautions to prevent 
>> losing it, the page is gone again. The harder I try to keep something 
>> the quicker it vanishes (ironic).
>>
>> Can anyone please remind me of the way to fix it please? :-(
> 
> hi John,
> 
> You're going to have to be a lot more specific about what your problem
> is.
> 
> "Ubuntu has gone down again" and "a 2 command solution for repairing via
> the live CD" isn't particularly useful information. :-)
> 
> regards,
> jethro
Well, let's just add that the system no longer boots from the hard 
drive, so the live CD became the only alternative.
Even then it tried and failed repeatedly to boot from CD.
This machine has been fine for a long time. Now it is acting like a 
retirement case. The hard drive light is active on power up, but nothing 
starts. After that it sits there and consumes power.

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