Hmm. that's not a bad idea. Set up the DOS partition and then I can go in through there if things go wonky. Thanks for the idea.
Yvette On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 10:04 PM, Martin Warren <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > > > Sorry, Yvonne. Your Ubuntu expert gave you expert info on Ubuntu, but > wasn't very farsighted, in my opinion. They neglected to advise you to set > up a 200MB DOS partition as hda1 if you're doing a multi-boot. > Dinosaur-Land has saved my proverbial ass on more than one occasion. > > > --- On Wed, 6/29/11, Yvette Davis <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Yvette Davis <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Wont boot..help > > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2011, 9:51 PM > > > I've tried logging in as root. It seems that whatever my husband did locked > me out of root, too. It's not recognizing my root password. I talked to an > Ubuntu tech guy I know, and he said that at this point there is nothing > left > to do but reinstall Ubuntu. I used my live CD to get in and get all my data > saved to chips. Since I have to start fresh anyway I'm going to partition > the drive three ways-- two different Linux distros and the third, just for > data. I'll use Ubuntu 11 on one partition, and either OpenSuse, Debian or > Fedora on the second. > > Any suggestions? I want something that will force me to learn my way around > the command prompt without being super frustrating. Basically, something a > step or two up in difficulty from Ubuntu but still usable to a newbie > willing to fight with it. > > Yvette > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Martin Warren <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > ** > > > > > > Please don't take me for a Ubuntu expert, because I rarely use that OS, > but > > is the 'loading screen' you refer to the Ubuntu loading screen or that of > a > > bootloader (grub, maybe)? The first possibility I can see would require > you > > to use the live CD to re-install the startup files, and you would want > > someone more familiar with the Ubuntu OS - 'cuz I'm Debian. The second > > possibility would require that you re-install the bootloader (can be > tricky, > > but I could help you more on that one). Can you get far enough to try > > logging in as root and check your user settings that way? > > > > --- On Wed, 6/29/11, Yvette Davis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > From: Yvette Davis <[email protected]> > > « Plain Text Check Spelling[image: Change language] Resume Editing > > > > > > Subject: [LINUX_Newbies] Wont boot..help > > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Date: Wednesday, June 29, 2011, 12:00 AM > > > > > > > > > > My husband tried to instal MySQL while I was gone. He says the > instructions > > > > said to use the terminal to run chown-rmysql. > > > > When I got home my laptop was off,so I rebooted. Now I can't log in. When > I > > > > try to log in it flashes the loading screen with an error message. It > > > > flashes too quickly to read. > > > > I have an Ubuntu cd and used that to check my hard disk. All my files > seem > > > > to be intact. I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 on a Dell Inspiring laptop. > > > > Can anyone tell me how to fix this? > > > > Thank you > > > > Yvette > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > -- > Yvette Davis > Natural Health Consultant, Herbalist, Writer > www.msquill.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from this list, please email > [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! > Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Yvette Davis Natural Health Consultant, Herbalist, Writer www.msquill.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
