<div dir="ltr">Joe,<div><br></div><div>Brian's suggestions are right on: (showing you how to boot other [installation] media [CD/DVD or pendrive] and then chroot [change root] into your current system.</div><div><br>
</div><div>Now the assumption that if you can boot into LiveCD/DVD, (installlation media) this is not a hardware error, is incorrect. </div><div>You are running on the CD/DVD media - not your hard drive(s). </div><div><br>
</div><div>I can't read your photos from your phone? Anyone else ab</div><div><br></div><div> </div><div>Determine your network status:</div><div><br></div><div>/etc/init.d/network status</div><div><br></div><div>ifconfig -a</div>
<div><br></div><div>ifup eth0 (if you are using eth0) </div><div><br></div><div>Easiest is to use </div><div><br></div><div>/etc/init.d/network restart</div><div><br></div><div>follow with </div><div># dmesg</div><div><br>
</div><div>You will see a message indicating status of your network start.</div><div><br></div><div># tail /var/log/messages </div><div><br></div><div>To see additional information in the logs.</div><div><br></div><div>If you google the exact error message(s) (from your phone photos) [send these errors to us also - I am sure other's can read them either, or they would have responded with a good course of action or suggestions].</div>
<div><br></div><div>Once you get your documents resurrected, you can just upgrade it or rebuild?</div><div><br></div><div>Also, Joe, refer to the Linux Mint forums? </div><div><br></div><div>You might also be able to use a USB drive to get your data/files? </div>
<div><br></div><div>Joe, packaging the problem via email (like we are doing here) is especially good to organize your thinking, and most easily determine the clear plan of action. It also provides a historic reference for other Nix-ians with similar issues. The listserver support model is by far and away the most effective trainer for development of analytical thought used in Linux use/administration, </div>
<div><br></div><div>You can also call me (phone numbers below) and discuss, although I am sure if you follow Brian Cluff's suggestions, he will have you up and running ASAP!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>
</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 4:30 PM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:joe@actionline.com" target="_blank">joe@actionline.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Brian Cluff last wrote (in part):<br>
<div class="im">> If boot disks or other hard drives are working, you could try booting<br>
</div>> into one of those and then mounting your root file system ...<br>
<br>
Each time I have tried starting the system, it would get as far as the<br>
Mint GUI login screen, but then when I logged in, it all crashed.<br>
<br>
So, this last time, instead of logging in, I did CTL+ALT+F2 to switch to<br>
a non-GUI screen and from there I am able to get to the command line; and<br>
as far as I can tell all of my home directories and files are still<br>
intact. So, I tried to rsync those files to my two laptops, but it seems<br>
I do not have an Internet connection from this computer. This at risk<br>
computer is ethernet-wire connected to my router.<br>
<br>
How can I establish an Internet connection from the command line?<br>
<br>
If I could do that, then I could rsync/copy my most recent work onto my<br>
two laptops and avoid losing any data.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
------------------<br>
> ... chrooting to<br>
<div class="im HOEnZb">> the mount and then reloading everything that is complaining on boot.<br>
> I usually find I have to do the following mounts to get packages to<br>
> install correctly in a chroot environment.<br>
><br>
> mount /dev/sda1 /mnt<br>
> mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc<br>
> mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev<br>
> mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys<br>
><br>
> cd /mnt<br>
> chroot .<br>
><br>
> Of course you will need to mount any extra partitions you might have<br>
> your drive sliced into. The above assumes everything is on one big<br>
> partition.<br>
><br>
> If your hard drive is dying, this won't do you any good, or at best,<br>
> will just buy you a little time before a catastrophic failure takes<br>
> everything with it.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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