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    Install Crash.. HELP!

    I went to upgrade my system to Hardy Heron. Since my CD drive is dead I attempted it through the update gui. Well, it crashed as the new files were installing. Now I cant boot my linux drive. What is worse, I have none of my data backed up. What can I do to retrieve my data and "finish" updating my system I have a dell laptop and I cant boot from a usb device, and as previously stated my cd rom drive doesnt work so that is unavailable to me.
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    Re: Install Crash.. HELP!

    What exactly happens when you try to boot?
    "A problem well stated is a problem half solved." --Charles F. Kettering
    "Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."--Dr. Seuss
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      Re: Install Crash.. HELP!

      It tries to load X several times then gets stuck on the screen that reads:

      Starting up ...
      Loading, please wait ...
      Kinit: name_to_dev_t (/dev/disk/by-uuid/7aa0630a-8ab8-b332-b50cab6e1a62) = sda (8,5)
      Kinit: trying to resume from /dev/disk/by-uuid/7aa0630a-8ab8-4d6c-b332-b50cab6e1a62
      Kinit: No resume image, doing normal boot ...

      Ubuntu 8.04.1 trinity tty1

      trinity login: _
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        Re: Install Crash.. HELP!

        Soo... Do you go through the bit where you put in your username and password? If you investigate the icon on the bottom right you can possibly choose a Console Login. What happens with that?
        "A problem well stated is a problem half solved." --Charles F. Kettering
        "Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."--Dr. Seuss
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          Re: Install Crash.. HELP!

          HOLD THAT!!!

          It says
          trinity login: _
          From that point try inputting:
          sudo dpkg --configure -a
          sudo apt-get update
          sudo apt-get install
          sudo apt-get dist-update
          "A problem well stated is a problem half solved." --Charles F. Kettering
          "Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple."--Dr. Seuss
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            Re: Install Crash.. HELP!

            Excuse me for interrupting, arochester, but maybe a sudo aptitude full-upgrade would help.

            From man aptitude:
            full-upgrade
            Upgrades installed packages to their most recent version, removing or installing packages as necessary. This command is less conservative than safe-upgrade and thus more likely to perform unwanted actions. However, it is capable of upgrading packages that safe-upgrade cannot upgrade.

            Note This command was originally named dist-upgrade for historical reasons, and aptitude still recognizes dist-upgrade as a synonym for full-upgrade.
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