Ubuntu recovery mode. How to get backup of my home and download directories
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I am having a disaster. My Ubuntu can not boot. The problem is summarised here
I read about Ubunut recovery mode. I followed these instructions. I selected Drop to root shell promot. I got a shell in the bottom. It has the followign text:
Press Enter for maintenance
(or press Contol-D to continue):
root@mypc-name:~#
There is a cursos blinking. When I type pwd it prints: /root
I need to recover my data to an external hard disk. Please help me in a step by step. I use Ubuntu in GUI. I use the terminal but I have no experience in mounting and working with hard disks and moving data using the shell.
Please note that I have 0 Bytes available in my hard disk.
boot 18.04 mount backup recovery-mode
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I am having a disaster. My Ubuntu can not boot. The problem is summarised here
I read about Ubunut recovery mode. I followed these instructions. I selected Drop to root shell promot. I got a shell in the bottom. It has the followign text:
Press Enter for maintenance
(or press Contol-D to continue):
root@mypc-name:~#
There is a cursos blinking. When I type pwd it prints: /root
I need to recover my data to an external hard disk. Please help me in a step by step. I use Ubuntu in GUI. I use the terminal but I have no experience in mounting and working with hard disks and moving data using the shell.
Please note that I have 0 Bytes available in my hard disk.
boot 18.04 mount backup recovery-mode
edited Dec 4 at 16:08
user68186
15.1k84563
asked Dec 4 at 12:10
user9371654
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up vote
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I am having a disaster. My Ubuntu can not boot. The problem is summarised here
I read about Ubunut recovery mode. I followed these instructions. I selected Drop to root shell promot. I got a shell in the bottom. It has the followign text:
Press Enter for maintenance
(or press Contol-D to continue):
root@mypc-name:~#
There is a cursos blinking. When I type pwd it prints: /root
I need to recover my data to an external hard disk. Please help me in a step by step. I use Ubuntu in GUI. I use the terminal but I have no experience in mounting and working with hard disks and moving data using the shell.
Please note that I have 0 Bytes available in my hard disk.
boot 18.04 mount backup recovery-mode
edited Dec 4 at 16:08
user68186
15.1k84563
asked Dec 4 at 12:10
user9371654
1697
I am having a disaster. My Ubuntu can not boot. The problem is summarised here
I read about Ubunut recovery mode. I followed these instructions. I selected Drop to root shell promot. I got a shell in the bottom. It has the followign text:
Press Enter for maintenance
(or press Contol-D to continue):
root@mypc-name:~#
There is a cursos blinking. When I type pwd it prints: /root
I need to recover my data to an external hard disk. Please help me in a step by step. I use Ubuntu in GUI. I use the terminal but I have no experience in mounting and working with hard disks and moving data using the shell.
Please note that I have 0 Bytes available in my hard disk.
boot 18.04 mount backup recovery-mode
boot 18.04 mount backup recovery-mode
edited Dec 4 at 16:08
user68186
15.1k84563
asked Dec 4 at 12:10
user9371654
1697
edited Dec 4 at 16:08
user68186
15.1k84563
asked Dec 4 at 12:10
user9371654
1697
edited Dec 4 at 16:08
user68186
15.1k84563
edited Dec 4 at 16:08
user68186
15.1k84563
edited Dec 4 at 16:08
user68186
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15.1k84563
asked Dec 4 at 12:10
user9371654
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asked Dec 4 at 12:10
user9371654
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asked Dec 4 at 12:10
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Thanks to those tried to help. I solved the issue by following the same steps in the question to use recovery mode. Then I choose Clean (instead of Drop to root shell prompt). This provided few hundreds MB which allowed me to boot.
answered Dec 4 at 14:02
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You should try booting a live ubuntu disc/USB and select "Try without installing".. You'll get a fully working environment and automounting for your HDD and external drives. While at it you can delete at least a couple files to make some room and you'll be able to boot again
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Thanks to those tried to help. I solved the issue by following the same steps in the question to use recovery mode. Then I choose Clean (instead of Drop to root shell prompt). This provided few hundreds MB which allowed me to boot.
answered Dec 4 at 14:02
user9371654
1697
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1
down vote
accepted
Thanks to those tried to help. I solved the issue by following the same steps in the question to use recovery mode. Then I choose Clean (instead of Drop to root shell prompt). This provided few hundreds MB which allowed me to boot.
answered Dec 4 at 14:02
user9371654
1697
add a comment |
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1
down vote
accepted
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
Thanks to those tried to help. I solved the issue by following the same steps in the question to use recovery mode. Then I choose Clean (instead of Drop to root shell prompt). This provided few hundreds MB which allowed me to boot.
answered Dec 4 at 14:02
user9371654
1697
Thanks to those tried to help. I solved the issue by following the same steps in the question to use recovery mode. Then I choose Clean (instead of Drop to root shell prompt). This provided few hundreds MB which allowed me to boot.
answered Dec 4 at 14:02
user9371654
1697
edited Dec 4 at 16:05
answered Dec 4 at 14:02
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answered Dec 4 at 14:02
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You should try booting a live ubuntu disc/USB and select "Try without installing".. You'll get a fully working environment and automounting for your HDD and external drives. While at it you can delete at least a couple files to make some room and you'll be able to boot again
answered Dec 4 at 13:39
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You should try booting a live ubuntu disc/USB and select "Try without installing".. You'll get a fully working environment and automounting for your HDD and external drives. While at it you can delete at least a couple files to make some room and you'll be able to boot again
answered Dec 4 at 13:39
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You should try booting a live ubuntu disc/USB and select "Try without installing".. You'll get a fully working environment and automounting for your HDD and external drives. While at it you can delete at least a couple files to make some room and you'll be able to boot again
answered Dec 4 at 13:39
KnF
261
I can't make comments, but I want to help anyway.
You should try booting a live ubuntu disc/USB and select "Try without installing".. You'll get a fully working environment and automounting for your HDD and external drives. While at it you can delete at least a couple files to make some room and you'll be able to boot again
answered Dec 4 at 13:39
KnF
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answered Dec 4 at 13:39
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answered Dec 4 at 13:39
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